A special event is taking place to allow businesses and householders throughout Limerick to drop off confidential documents, computer hard-drives and other forms of data carrying media to be shredded free of charge.
The one-day event is taking place at the Mungret Recycling Centre on Saturday 26 January 2019 from 11am until 3.30pm.
Limerick City and County Council in conjunction with Security in Shredding, a local company specialising in the secure destruction of data and GDPR compliance in Ireland and the UK, are facilitating the 'Free Shred Event' to celebrate European Data Protection Day 2019, promote awareness of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and promote good waste management practices.
Data Protection experts will also be on hand on the day to assist attendees with their data protection and waste management queries, and to provide best practice guidance for SME’s and householders when left with the responsibility to securely destroy end of life data.
Householders and SMEs are encouraged to bring a maximum of four bin bags of confidential paper material. Confidential material can include personal information, bills, customer records, insurance records and income statements, to be shredded on site on the day.
Security in Shredding is an innovative company which leads to continually improving upon their technologies and services to provide the most secure and compliant services for customers.
The company is the first Irish Data Processor to design and introduce a mobile hard-drive shredding technology. To celebrate the introduction of this technology, staff will also be onsite to destroy up to four hard-drives or other media device per individual attendee free of charge in addition to the bags of documents.
Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr James Collins said: “It is very important that we continue to dispose of our rubbish in an environmentally conscious way. This is crucially important when it comes to personal information. Nobody wants to become a victim of identity theft and this event, run jointly by Limerick City and County Council and Security in Shredding, is an ideal opportunity to dispose of highly personal and confidential information in a proper manner.”
Sinead McDonnell, Environmental Awareness Officer with Limerick City and County Council said: “This event is an ideal opportunity to dispose of personal and confidential information in a proper manner. The purpose of this event is two-fold - firstly, it will create awareness of Data Protection and enable attendees who may not have facilities or funds for such a service to ensure secure destruction of their data. Secondly, waste brought to Mungret Recycling Centre will improve the waste recycling figures for the region and consequently reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.”
“This event in Mungret will allow SMEs to be confident that they are following the letter of law when it comes to the destruction of confidential material.”
Albert Kelly, General Manager of Security in Shredding said: “I would encourage SMEs and individuals to avail of this offer and take the opportunity to have confidential information shredded and managed correctly. Representatives from Security in Shredding will be there to advise businesses and householders about how best to manage their confidential information.”