The Shredder Page
The week coming up is National Identity Fraud Prevention Week. To prevent bin crawlers finding those all important credit card numbers etc. buy a shredder to shred all your receipts and sales slips to ensure this information does not fall into the wrong hands (i.e. anyone but yours!).
Shredders range from personal shedders to industrial ones - depending on the amount you want to shred. there are also two other important categories:
Strip Cut Shredders cut the document into strips. Apparently when an embassy was evacuated, the strip cut documents were pieced together. For your receipts though, you do need to ensure that you feed them through the correct way, otherwise there will be a strip with your credit card number on it. So for that added protection, use...
Cross Cut Shredders cut the paper into little diamond shapes. These are harder to piece together and thus protect your identity better.
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