People who applied for credit at The Room Store in Annapolis, MD had their information exposed yesterday. During a clean out the store threw the records in the trash before shredding them. The records included contact information, social security numbers and a photocopy of drivers licenses. They were discovered by people walking by who notified the news and police.

While no solution is perfect the best way to make sure all the shredding gets done is to hire a service. If it only cost a couple of dollars and no additional time to shred another box then everything gets destroyed; not most things. Here are some shredding services in Virginia.