Identity fraud is a risk to all of us,both as individuals and as businesses,simply because because we deal with so many pieces of information on a daily basis.To criminals, a discarded bank statement or photocopy of a passport could be enough to allow them to start building up a picture of you,your customers or your business and eventually can lead to them stealing your identity.

Despite increasing awareness of the threat of identity fraud,data breaches are still a frequent occurrence.Make shredding a part of every day life. It is your identity and you need to protect it.

It's not difficult to determine what you should shred.Essentially, any document or CD/DVD containing personal,company or financial details should be shredded prior to disposal.Police and Experts agree that one of the best ways to keep your identity safe is to shred all paper waste before you put it in the bin.

Some people think that sheet capacities and bin capacities are the best way to select a shredder. But this does notnecessarily indicate a shredder’s performance and people actually shred twice as much as they think they do.

Fellowes have made the selecting the right model easy, according to run time, where the shredder will be used and security level. Simply answer the following three questions:

Shredders are segmented into security categories called DIN levels. The higher the DIN level the better the protection.The panel below depicts the different DIN level examples available on Fellowes shredders: