Alvin, TX’s Document Shredding Solution
The Alvin area was settled in the mid-19th century when bull ranches were established in the area. The Santa Fe Railroad eventually expanded into the area, and a settlement was established along the railroad. Alvin was originally named “Morgan” by the town’s residents in honor of the settlement’s original resident, Santa Fe employee Alvin Morgan; upon discovery that the name Morgan had been taken, the town named itself after Morgan’s first name. The town was officially incorporated in 1893, making it the oldest incorporated settlement in Brazoria County. Alvin Morgan received a land grant from the state of Texas prior to 1891.
On July 25, 1979, Tropical Storm Claudette stalled over Alvin and inundated the region with 45 inches (1,140 mm) of rain in 42 hours. The total included 43 inches (1,090 mm) in 24 hours, the maximum 24-hour rainfall in American history.
Dedicated to Keeping Alvin Safe
Proper document destruction is a very important part of doing business today. Not only does the law require proper data destruction, but clients and employees expect that you will safeguard their private information. Many consumers are concerned about identity theft, which has become the fastest growing crime in the U.S. It is also important to businesses that their trade secrets and confidential information are kept private. The consequences of improperly disposing of confidential information could cost your organization a lot of money, time, and embarrassment. Texas Security dedicates itself to keeping you protected by providing on-site shredding for your business or residence, one-time purges, and convenient drop off service.
Texas Security Shredding is Your Security Information Expert
TSS is committed to helping our clients develop policies and procedures that will safeguard their businesses and customers as well as providing outstanding service and competitive pricing. TSS is your information security expert. We take our job seriously and are dedicated to providing solutions to our clients by providing:
- On-Site NAID AAA Certified Document Shredding
- Assistance with Policies and Procedures
- Employee Training
- HIPAA Employee Training
- Identity Theft Prevention Training
- Shred Days
Risks of Office Shredders
When you use office shredders, which are slow, unreliable, and inefficient, they are risky because they give the employee complete discretion as to whether a document should be shredded or discarded in the trash. Many business data breaches are the result of such policies. Corporate data breaches are costly in many ways. Here are just a few:
- Criminal and/or Civil Penalties
- Identity Theft
- Exposure of Private Client or Patient Information
- Theft of Trademark Secrets or Competitive Information
- Loss of Client Confidence
- Damaged Public Relations
- Negative Media Coverage
Recycling
When you pay an employee to shred documents what is done with the waste? Most likely it is put into the trash. We recycle all of our waste materials.
For every 1 ton of paper recycled:
- 7000 gallons of water are saved
- Between 17 and 31 trees are saved
- 4000 KWh of electricity is saved
- 60 pounds of air borne pollutants are not expelled
Documents you should be shredding
Wondering what kinds of documents should go through the shredder? Here are some examples:
- Tax returns
- Photo IDs
- Bank statements
- Voided checks
- Employee pay stubs
- Credit card information
- Copies of sales receipts
- Documents containing sensitive information such as name, address, phone number or email
- Employment records
- Optical Disks
- Uniforms
- X-Rays
- License Plates
- Pill Bottles
- ID Badges
- Hard Drives
- Microfilm & Microfiche
- Magnetic Tapes