Confidential Waste in HA3

Confidential waste is any document or device that contains personal data about customers, suppliers, employees and it also includes data that, if read by a competitor or the general public, could put your business at risk including:
- Financial data
- Business Plans
- Intellectual Property (for example copyrights and trade secrets.)
- Branding and marketing strategies

within 12.57 square kilometres of HA3 there are 4 facilities where documents and media can be destroyed and with over 201 businesses operating and roughly 69,554 people residing in HA3 the requirement is high for the destruction of documentation and devices/media.

This means that 201 business in HA3 have a need for proper confidential waste disposal, but not every HA3 business understands just how important this is. Confidential waste disposal is a carefully managed process under the Data Protection Act and directors and employees of HA3 businesses have a legal obligation to properly dispose of the confidential information of its company whether of customers, employees, and suppliers. Failing to comply with these obligations can result in a fine of up to £500,000 or even the imprisonment of the responsible body. The aim of the Data Protection Act is to keep people safe from fraudsters and hackers.

Any waste that you would consider a security risk if it were to go missing or end up in the wrong hands is considered confidential waste. Essentially anything that you want to discard that contains private data/information is confidential this is the case whether it is on paper or on within electronic equipment.

This includes:

- Bank statements
- Contracts
- Tax documents
- Hard drives
- Tapes & CD’s
- Servers
- Sales collateral
- Marketing material
- Office plans and internal manuals
- Any other documents that contains personal, company, employee, client or supplier data/information

Confidential waste disposals must be done professionally and by professional waste companies

HA3 is part of London, which is the financial capital of the world. It has approximately 201 active businesses who are all potentially a target for people who may attempt to criminally infiltrate businesses' security to steal money. This is why it is even more of a high priority for businesses in HA3 to reduce the risk of anything dodgy happening by taking security and risk seriously.

Confidential waste disposals by professional companies ensures your security through mitigating risk as much as possible.