At Secure Data Recycling we constantly remind our clients that every business has a legal obligation to protect the confidential information it holds on its employees, customers and suppliers. Failure to do so can result in heavy fines or even imprisonment for the person responsible.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is now able to fine businesses up to £500,000 if they lose individual’s’ confidential data. This amount has been increased from £5000, to highlight the importance of data security, and to protect individuals from the threat of ID fraud.

The seventh principle of the Data Protection Act states that organisations must employ a data destruction service to destroy redundant confidential information that can be either in paper or electronic format.