What types of documents, records, and data should be destroyed?
Anything of a private or confidential nature should be securely destroyed, including: • Financial records • Personnel records • Patient records • Client records • Cancelled checks • Credit card receipts • Internal directories • Computer printouts • Advertising misprints • Maps and blueprints • Inventory lists • Confidential letters • Fax records • Invoices • Payroll records • Legal documents • Accounting records • Customer lists • Medical records • Lottery tickets • New product proposals • Competitor information • Internal memos • Old business records • Price lists • Financial forecasts • Marketing plans • Correspondence • Microfilm and fiche • Credit and phone cards • Transparencies • Photographs • Floppy disks • CD-ROM, CD-RW, and DVDs • Prototype materials • Identification cards • R and D reports • Plastic magnetic media • X-rays • Surveillance tapes
