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Securely disposing of old documents that are no longer needed ensures legal compliance and makes practical sense. But which documents can you shred, and which do you need to keep? When the new financial year rolls round, it’s only natural to think of clearing out all your old paperwork and stored documents. Anything you no.
Although owning your own shredding machine may be appealing at first glance, there are a host of reasons why it actually makes more sense to use an outsourced provider. With so many affordable office shredding machines available, you could be forgiven for wondering why you would need to work with a shredding provider at all..
On May 25 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force, replacing the existing Data Protection Act (DPA). It introduces many wide-ranging changes in the way companies and public-sector organisations need to store and manage customer data, as well as how they dispose of it once it’s no longer needed. Schools are.
The Data Protection Act covers many different types of record, both paper and digital. As recently released ICO figures show, many organisations are finding it a challenge to comply with the legislation. Are you aware of your obligations under the Data Protection Act? If not, your business could be breaking the law without being aware.
The latest figures for security breaches in the healthcare sector show all too clearly why hospitals, surgeries and other medical organisations need to take particular care with confidential data. In the figures for 2016 data security breaches recently released by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), healthcare was far and away the worst-performing sector, accounting for.