Why should you be Shredding These Documents

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               Documents You Should 

                        Be Shredding

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Reducing paper load keeps your personal information risk-free and secure. Here's how

PAPER 

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HAS A way of pilling up.So it's best to get rid of documents that have outlived their use.It will help you stay safe from hackers,pilferes and house breakers.

BOARDING PASSES

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Shred them after you land. The boarding pass has your name,travel plans and a bar code that free websites can decipher. This code often reveals frequent flier numbers that hackers can use to log in to airline accounts to view upcoming travel plans and even cancel trips. Ditto for train boarding passes that have crucial personal information.

Receipts

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Shred all receipts including ATM receipts and free return labels you receive in the mail,along with envelopes with your name and address. Those from credit card purchases reveal the last digits of your card number and possibly your signature.Discarded ATM receipts are used for identity theft(yes, even in India)as well as account fraud.Part of your account number and debit card number are mentioned on the receipts along with your balance.Armed with these details,smart hackers use social engineering to manipulate you for confidential information.They also often pair this information with your social media posts(family members,hobbies,etc.)to piece together your identity and commit account fraud.Don't leave behind receipts on a restaurant table or even in the dust bin shred them completely.

XEROX COPIES AND EXPIRED AUTOMBILE AND PROPERTY INSURANCE PAPERS

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Expired paperwork is irrelevant shred them for security reasons.Xerox copies of documents,such as Aadhar card, Pan card, passport,bank statement and so on,which you keep for protocol work,deserve the same fate.Keep a record when you share documents.For instance,scribble 'rent verification'on the particular document if you are handing them to an official for routine checking.Discard Xerox Copies.

Pet Medical Papers

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Keep records of major events and shred the rest. Papers from a vet visit and apps show a pet's name and password options/choices.So tear away any document that gives away your pet's name. Remember pet lovers who post pictures of their furry friends on social media are offering strong clues to hackers.

Digitize bills and notes

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Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo in her best seller The Life -changing Magic of Tidying Up.The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing says that the key to a clutter free home is discarding papers as soon as you don't need them.A good idea is to digitize useful information carefully and do away with the rest.

Declutter 

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By selling old magazines and newspapers.Donate Magazines to a local library or even to publishing,media houses a ,local Kabadiwala's and NGO's.Office notes,such as minutes of meetings or sundry research from old jobs,should go into the trash.Just make sure you check these notes before shredding,as they may have phone numbers scribbled on them.Grocery bills and receipts also tend to pile up.As do letters and cards of sentimental value.Reread and recheck these keep your favourites and trash the rest.Do this regularly to avoid clutter Carefully check all your old pictures as well.Make sure you shred any that you would not want shared.

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Sameer 

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