Keeping a document too long is its own risk. Once it is past its required retention period it is no longer an asset, it is a liability waiting to be breached.
Retention comes first
Most records have a defined life set by law, regulation, or your own policy. Tax, medical, financial, and HR files each carry their own schedules, so the first step is knowing which rule applies to which file.
Then destroy on schedule
When a record reaches the end of its retention period, the safe move is secure destruction, not the recycling bin. A retention schedule tells you when that point arrives.
How Shreddee helps
We destroy end-of-retention files securely and certify each job, so disposal is documented as carefully as retention. See paper shredding.
