Technological advancements have made many business functions faster but it has also left people vulnerable to exploitation through white collar crimes such as credit card fraud. Many individuals and companies have fallen prey to this which is why protecting business and customer information is of critical importance.

You may not think much about it when you make a cash withdrawal at an ATM machine, take the cash, crumple the receipt and toss it in the bin. Perhaps you do the same when you make a purchase at a store and pay by card. Yet someone may be lurking in the shadows just waiting to see the pin you key in at the ATM machine and to collect that little piece of paper you threw away without second thought. These are fraudsters who carry out identity theft which they do to rob people and businesses electronically. When you think about how much paperwork with such confidential details is just generated in a business in just a day, the importance of shredding such papers becomes clear. UCI Mobile Paper Shredding services offer this crucial service.

Identity theft executed using details that should be confidential like bank and credit card details is on the rise. Destroying such documents is therefore very important and in fact a legal requirement. UCI Mobile Document Shredding offers this crucial service.

Did you know that Americans throw out four million tons of office paper annually? When you pile up four million tons of paper, you can build a 12 foot tall paper stack that spans from the West Coast to the East Coast. For each ton of paper that a business recycles, they save four barrels of oil, 18 trees, 360 gallons of water, four cubic yards of landfill space, 60 pounds of air pollutants, 200 gallons of gasoline, 4,200 kilowatt energy hours, and ample energy to heat and air-condition a typical United States residence for half a year.

Identity theft is the most rapidly growing crime in the United States. Most thieves do their work in the dumpsters housed right behind corporate buildings. Many businesses use a strip shredder to destroy sensitive documents and then dump the remains in the trash and don’t think about them again. Without proper document destruction, you leave your organization susceptible to all sorts of identity theft. It can take years to build a solid reputation with clients, but only a matter of days, or even hours, to destroy that reputation. You can’t afford to take this risk.

Once upon a time, businesses could keep up with shredding tasks and dispose of the remains in the dumpsters behind their buildings without giving security a second thought.