What to Shred in Minneapolis

Here’s a basic list we put together containing what we think is worth your consideration:

Insurance Documents 

• Safety reports 
• Accident reports 
• Claims—made and settled
• Insurance policies 

Documents Relating to Employees, Clients, Students, Etc.:

• Any document containing employee personal information
• Employment applications—both hired and not hired
• ID Cards & Badges
• Document printed on Company Letterhead
• Medical records
• Training Manuals
• Insurance Information
• Student Records & Applications
• Medical Records
• Payroll Documents
• Medical benefit plans
• COBRA records
• Client Services Records
• OSHA logs

Accounting Documents:  

• Credit Card Statements and Receipt
• Bank Statements
• A/R and A/P printouts
• Budgets
• Unused Checks
• Customer Lists
• Invoices
• Payroll Journal
• Any Tax Documents

Legal Documents and Documentation:

• Legal Correspondence
• Expired Contracts or Legal Documents
• Insurance Agency Records
• Sales/Marketing Materials:
• Customer Lists
• Prospect Lists
• Drafts of Sales & Marketing Strategies
• Sales Reports

Operations Information:

• Corporate RecordsProprietary Data
• Purchase Orders
• Supplier Lists
• Procurement Requests
• Production Reports
• Shipping & Receiving Reports

Hard Drives and Electronic Media Devices:

• Fax machines, scanners, copiers, and printers
• Mobile devices like cell phones, smart phones, PDAs, tablets and laptops
• PC hard drives
• Legacy magnetic media like floppy drives, zip disks and magnetic tapes
• Optical media, including CDs and DVDs
• RAM and ROM-based storage devices
• USB removable media such as pen drives, thumb drives, flash drives and sticks
• Memory cards, including SD, SDHC, MMC, compact flash, microdrive and memory sticks
• Embedded flash on boards and devices, including motherboards and peripheral cards such as network adapters or any other adapter containing non volatile flash memory
• Biomedical devices such as physiologic monitors, infusion pumps, ventilators, MRI, CT, and diagnostic ultrasound and laboratory analyzers

Don’t forget to do your research on topics like industry-specific guidelines. Create a list of the types of documents that should be shred on a regular basis for your personal reference, so that you, your family, and your employees are never unsure.