Shredders

[kev2021]

Hi,

 

I had read numerous things online with regards to shredders for documents, what shredders are best to get?  I have one, had it years but I’ve been reading about different DIN levels (security levels) and some are quiet expensive, admittedly will shred your documents into very small pieces so pretty slim chance of someone “sticking it back together” to then be able to read it but just curious what DIN level people are buying, assuming people are buying shredders?

My one at the moment is level 4 but I’m wondering if should have a lvl 5 as minimum? In general I’m only shredding letters through the post with name/address info on so whilst confidential to me, its not nation security level :)

Thanks

Kev

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[UK Sentinel]

Cross Cut shredders are a must as a minimum nowadays in my view and anything really important, like driving licence, old credit cards and passport stuff I tend to burn.

For more general shredding like bills and bank statements etc. a good Mini Cut shredder is ideal.

I think Cross Cut shredder around P3 is good as a start guide, but a Mini Cut shredder of P4 is ideal,  like all things, if you have lots of shredding, then a P3 will shred quicker and take more pages than the equivalent priced P4 shredder.

Ours is P3 and does the job and was cheap .

Note: there maybe others that think P3 is not required or to high for domestic / SOHO shredding, but with all the dumpster divers out there, you can never be to careful and I am also very slightly paranoid

 

 

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[kev2021]

I agree, I have a Fellowes MS-450cs – had it years, think I got it curry’s or pcworld years ago before currys/pcworld all moved into 1 store…

I think that is security level 4 and thing for GDPR etc it needs to be level 5 so I’m toying with the idea of getting a different one.

Mine takes CD and credit cards but for those it literally cuts into strips.. so i tend to take the strips out, turn them round and put through again to make smaller and any parts that show letters i put through again just to avoid potential issues of someone putting together albeit the card has expired etc

Kev

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GDPR only applies if you have other peoples personnel data and you are a UK businesses and organisations etc, your own data for you own usage (non business) does not apply.

But as a guide, Protection class 2 which includes Security levels 3, 4 & 5 covers most scenarios

 

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Thanks, I was using the GDPR standard as a guide based on if they consider it good enough, then it must be suitable for my personal info :)

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kev2021 wrote:

Thanks, I was using the GDPR standard as a guide based on if they consider it good enough, then it must be suitable for my personal info :) Kev

Very sensible

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