Are You Concerned?
By carolbee
@carolbee (16230)
United States
July 10, 2008 7:40am CST
Are you concerned about someone rooting through your trash and finding confidential information? I recently bought a small paper shredder just as a safety precaution and make certain nothing goes out in the trash with personal information on it. Do you have a shredder and use it on a regular basis?
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11 responses
@leeesa (884)
• United States
13 Jul 08
Well I live in an apartment and I DO see people sifting through the trash. I have a cross cut shredder and I use it on everything with my personal info on it. You never can be too safe. And I've had my identity stolen, so I know what a pain it is to fix!
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@leeesa (884)
• United States
13 Jul 08
Not from the trash, but when I used my card to reserve a hotel room. I didn't pay with my card, my company did, but they wouldn't let me have the room unless I put down a credit card in case there were room charges.
I personally think the hotel didn't secure my info. So it's not just YOUR personal trash that can be unsafe, but businesses as well. No one really knows what they do with their paperwork, even though there are regulations they are supposed to follow.
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
10 Jul 08
Yes and I went out and bought one for my mom too so she can shred her papers. This is one of the ways that crooks get your information to commit identity theft, it is called "dumpster diving" and the best thing to do is shred anything and everything that has any of your information on it.
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@whittby (3072)
• United States
13 Jul 08
I have a shredder and shred all my stuff before it goes in the trash. Although I can't imagine someone wanting to route through all that smelly stinky trash for info, I still shred it. Maybe there is someone who might find a stray piece of paper at the dump.
Anyway, I do it for the just in case and for my piece of mind.
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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10 Jul 08
Hi carolbee,
Yes I have about people doing that and we have got one its safer, you pick one up from supermarket, I have a big shredder, my husband use it all the time. It a good idea carolbee.
love
Tamara
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
7 Nov 09
Our trash goes out in the dumpster and is dumped every other day so someone would have to climb in and root through everything to find anything. They would have to be pretty desperate to do that. We have a shredder but it works like crap so if I have anything that's really confidential then I tear it up real small. I probably need to get another shredder.
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@baileycows (3665)
• United States
10 Jul 08
Yes, I also bought a small residential shreddar from Walmart for about 20 dollars and I shred everything.
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@RastamanG (385)
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10 Jul 08
I am slightly concerned with people rummaging through my rubbish to find my bank statements etc, i don't have a shredder most of the time i rip them statements etc up but sometimes when im lazy i don't bother doing it
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