Land Shark Shredding
PO Box 51332 , Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States

Land Shark Shredding was started by Don Gerard, Jr., who is a Bowling Green, KY native and two-time graduate of Western Kentucky University. Don is a U.S. military veteran who served active duty as a United States Air Force officer and C-130 pilot.Once he decided to leave the Air Force, Don entered the private sector working as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in both public practice and private industry. Additionally, Don has over 10 years of experience working as a commercial banker for some of the nation’s largest banks.

Combined, Don has 20+ years of experience working with confidential information for both the federal government (where he had a top-secret security clearance) and in the private sector, working with both small and large companies and individuals. Throughout this time, Don worried about how his employers were safe-guarding the security of his firms’ client data when it was time to purge their files. That’s when the idea to start Land Shark Shredding began to take shape.Land Shark Shredding is extremely customer focused. Our licensed and insured information destruction experts will work with you to find the perfect plan for your organization. You can rest assured knowing that you’re always enjoying the best value for your dollar.

Land Shark Shredding is AAA Certified by the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) for mobile operation and is endorsed for Paper/Printed Media, Computer Hard Drive & Non-Paper Media destruction. Don Gerard is also on the Board of Directors for NAID through 2018.

What does this mean to you, our client? The annual NAID Certification Audit verifies that Land Shark Shredding:

• Complies with the standards for Employee Clearance—drug screening, employment history verification, criminal background checks, etc. are conducted on all employees and helps to restrict high risk individuals from employment.
• Qualifies as the annual business associate review required of covered entities by HIPAA.
• Helps to establish the due diligence required to comply with HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) and FACTA.
• Meets the standard for reasonableness that is generally accepted by government agencies and courts, and,
• Most importantly, makes sure our clients are getting the security they require!

All of Land Shark Shredding’s employees must sign & acknowledge they have read the firms’ Confidentiality Agreement, Driver’s Manual for Document Processing, and Employee Policies & Procedures manual. Furthermore, all of Land Shark Shredding’s employees must be legally registered to work in the United States.All drivers and customer service representatives must meet all Licensing Requirements, as well as display their ID Badges and wear a company uniform at all times.

Land Shark Shredding offers a superior combination of security, confidentiality, value and customer service. As information protection experts, they help you comply with the law, protect your confidential information, and safeguard your business’ reputation.

Shredding Services

Even though you’ve worked hard to build your business and put policies and procedures in place to minimize risks, relying on your employees to handle document shredding makes you vulnerable to a huge potential liability. Failure to protect sensitive information and comply fully with rules and regulations regarding data destruction can have serious consequences to your business. From costly fines to irreparable damage to your reputation, a lack of compliance can truly ruin everything you’ve worked hard to build.

Even if you use a high quality paper shredder to destroy documents, you’re likely not doing enough to ensure complete information security. Your employees may have difficulty determining what needs to be shredded in the first place, and there may be serious slowdowns that leave data unprotected while waiting to be destroyed due to:

• Paper jams and malfunctions that slow down work
• User errors that compromise the quality of the shred project
• Slowness and inefficiency of manual shredding
• Lack of time for employees to devote to shredding

A Shredding Service Removes Your Risk

Every sheet of paper that goes into the trash can or recycling bin instead of the shredder or that isn’t completely destroyed by the shredder is a liability for your business. Outsourcing shredding to an experienced, professional company can ensure that all sensitive information is properly destroyed in compliance with laws and regulations by:

• Providing onsite NAID AAA Certified Document Shredding
• Assisting with employee training on HIPAA and other laws that affect your industry and on general identity theft prevention

One-Time Service

When unneeded papers languish in filing cabinets, storage boxes and elsewhere in your facilities, you become vulnerable to the possibility of a document security breach.If those documents were to fall into the wrong hands, your business could be fined and held financially liable for any consequences of identity theft.Fortunately, it’s easy to eliminate that risk; Land Shark Shredding’s one-time mobile shredding services is the answer.

Our one-time shredding services are ideal choices when you:

• Plan to move to a new office location and don’t want to take a mountain of paperwork with you.
• Reach the end of a mandatory file retention period for a large collection of documents.
• Wish to use office space that is currently being used for records storage.
• Convert to a paperless record-keeping system and no longer need your paper-based documents.
• Simply want to reduce the risk of data theft by eliminating old paperwork that is no longer required.

eWaste Recycling

Did you know that more than half of all people worldwide say they’d rather do business with a company that adheres to environmentally responsible policies than one that doesn’t? Being able to say you take steps to protect the planet can have a positive impact on your bottom line.With our eWaste recycling services, Land Shark Shredding can help you “green” your business operations without requiring that you make major changes to your policies and procedures.

Put Your Old Electronics to Good Use
Roughly 3.42 tons of electronics waste or eWaste ends up in United States landfills every year. With our eWaste recycling services, you can do your part to reduce that number by putting unwanted electronic waste to good use. Land Shark Shredding accepts many different types of eWaste and related materials for recycling.

The Simple Solution for eWaste Recycling

When you choose Land Shark Shredding’s eWaste recycling services, you leave the work to us. We’ll visit your location, pick up your electronics waste and provide you with documentation to prove that we’ve taken your items for recycling.Our relationship with trusted recyclers ensures that your eWaste is put to good use, rather than ending up in landfills. And if you have sensitive data that’s still stored on your electronics, we can help with destroying the hard drives, memory cards and zip disks to simplify the recycling process.