| A paper shredder is a machine used to shred up mail | | | | shredder. This type of paper shredder can cut paper |
| and other papers that contain information that you do | | | | both horizontally and vertically. |
| not wish to share. The point of having a paper | | | | The available types of paper shredders differ in the |
| shredder is to prevent your mail getting into wrong | | | | quantity of paper that can be shredded by the day. |
| hands. A paper shredder is a gadget which will | | | | Paper shredders, which can shred up to 150 sheets of |
| successfully protect your private life. I will give you an | | | | paper daily, are good for home usage. They usually do |
| example of its use; I often receive credit card | | | | not cost much. Paper shredders designed for office |
| applications with my other mail. If I just throw these | | | | usage tend to cost much more. |
| credit card applications in the trash, someone can grab | | | | Paper shredders may be designed differently. Some |
| them and steal my identity. | | | | paper shredders fit on a standard size wastebasket. |
| Finding the credit card applications in my rubbish, he or | | | | Other paper shredders are designed with racks that |
| she may use them to apply for a new credit card | | | | hold the paper shredder. For some special needs, |
| using my name. With the objective of preventing such | | | | there are even paper shredders that can cut hard |
| misfortunes, I always use my paper shredder to | | | | materials like compact disks, for example. |
| destroy personal mail. Stealing an identity requires no | | | | The usual home paper shredder costs from 30$ to |
| more than stealing a name and some other personal | | | | 100$. The price depends on the additional features. |
| information. | | | | From 700$ to 1500$ will cost you an office paper |
| According to the Federal Trade commission, a secure | | | | shredder. Thousands of dollars will be the price of an |
| way of preventing identity theft is to treat your mail | | | | industrial paper shredder. |
| carefully. This treatment will surely request a paper | | | | Before you start using your new paper shredder, read |
| shredder. Nowadays, many different models of paper | | | | the manufactures instructions carefully. For example, |
| shredder are on the market. Paper shredder can be | | | | before I bought my paper shredder I had to be sure |
| bought in almost all office supply stores. You can find | | | | that there is a parent control feature so that I will be |
| paper shredders even in stores like Wal-Mart or | | | | able to prevent my children from hurting themselves |
| Target. | | | | with the paper shredder. |
| Different types of paper shredders are available | | | | The money you will give for a paper shredder is |
| depending on the way they work. One kind of paper | | | | nothing compared with the losses you will meet if |
| shredder is the strip cut paper shredder. Its name | | | | some important information gets in wrong hands. |
| suggests that this type of paper shredder cuts paper | | | | Nowadays, it is very important to protect personal |
| into strips. If you do not feel protected with strip cut | | | | information. |
| paper shredder, you can take a crosscut paper | | | | |