Interesting Facts

Without proper plans for destruction, confidential data ends up in dumpsters where it is readily accessible to anyone. Business espionage professionals consider the trash to be the single most available source of competitive and private information from the average business.

Not having a routine plan for the destruction of business records could be viewed negatively in the event of litigation or audit.

A survey conducted by the National Association for Information Destruction showed that a majority of commercial storage firms do not have the equipment to properly destroy information. In fact, many companies subcontract this service to outside firms leaving their clients to question the reputation of the destruction company.

In a survey conducted by the Conference Board, top executives from 300 companies ranked the security of company records as one of the top five critical issues facing business.

Information made available by NAID at www.NAIDonline.org