Free Shredding Services Available to Promote National Consumer Awareness Initiative

ENID -- OES Information Destruction will provide free shredding services to the general public May 3 to highlight the importance of protecting discarded personal information. OES joins more than 120 other secure shredding companies across the country for the event.

According to Robert Johnson, executive director of the National Association for Information Destruction, “Studies have shown that most identity thieves obtain the personal information they use to commit their crime from low-tech sources such as dumpster diving. Law enforcement agencies across the country at all levels strongly recommend that personal information be destroyed before it is discarded. OES Information Destruction is doing a great public service by providing this service free as a means of promoting secure destruction throughout the year.”

The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at 2600 E. Willow (Northern Oklahoma Resources Center of Enid), Enid. Members of the public may bring up to 3 bags or boxes, which will be destroyed free of charge. Additional bags or boxes will incur normal fees.

The date of the event coincides with “Secure Your ID Days,” a secure shredding event being co-sponsored across the country by the National Association for Information Destruction.

For more information, contact Chris Feeney, director, OES Information Destruction, (580) 603-2252.

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