Document shredding checklist
Coenie Janse van Rensburg • September 6, 2023
Which documents you should be shredding.
Your business should consider shredding the following documents as a minimum:
Financial information:
- Budget documents
- Tax returns
- Copies of sales receipts
- Payroll information
- Bank and credit card statements
Company information:
- Company structure documents
- Pricing structures
- Supplier information
- Strategic information
Employee information:
- Employment records
- Appraisals and employee reviews
- Disciplinary reports
- Absence and sickness information
- Documents related to promotions
- CVs
- ID or access cards
Client or customer information:
- Contracts
- Client or customer contact details
- Printed correspondence (such as emails) containing information that can be used to identify people
- Photo identification documents
- Any documents containing personal information such as names, addresses, phone numbers or email addresses
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