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Shredding Services
Dakota Data Shred, a division of Novak Sanitary Services, can handle all of your shredding and document destruction needs in Southeastern South Dakota as well as areas of Minnesota, Nebraska, and Iowa.

Shredding Services for Every Need
Residential Shredding
Secure document destruction for your home. Protect your identity and personal information
Business Shredding
Compliance-ready document destruction for business. Meet FACTA, HIPAA and GLBA requirements.
On-Site Mobile Shredding or Secure Plant-Based Services
Choose convenient on-site mobile shredding at your location or secure plant-based destruction services. Both options provide certified, secure document destruction.
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AAA Certified by National Association of Information Destruction (NAID)
NAID Certification establishes the ongoing compliance and security of data destruction companies. By selecting a NAID AAA Certified company like Dakota Data Shred, customers fulfill important regulatory requirements and validate that data destruction policies and procedures meet the highest industry standards.
Regulatory Compliance
Meets strict requirements for FACTA, HIPAA, GLBA, and other federal and state regulationsVerified Security
Regular audits ensure our security protocols and procedures meet the highest industry standardsOngoing Monitoring
Continuous compliance verification through scheduled and unannounced auditsDocumentation
Proper policies and procedures documented and validated for regulatory requirements
Host a Shred Event
Partner with Dakota Data Shred to host a community shred event. Perfect for businesses, organizations, and community groups looking to provide value to their customers or members.
Bring value to your community
AAA NAID certified on-site destruction
100% recycled materials
Secure, professional service
Attend a Free Event
Residents can bring up to 2 file boxes or 3 grocery bags of documents to community shred events for secure, certified document destruction—completely free!
Free secure document destruction
Watch your documents be destroyed on-site
Protect your identity from theft
All materials 100% recycled

What Can I Shred?





Shredding Laws
Business organizations must comply with the laws and regulations to protect certain information when it is discarded.
Here are a few of the growing number of laws:
- Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA)Governs the use, reporting, and disposal of consumer/credit reports for credit, employment, insurance, or leasing decisions.
- Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)Requires safeguarding medical data across digital media and paper, ensuring privacy throughout its lifecycle.
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)Obligates financial institutions to explain information-sharing practices and protect sensitive customer data.
Shredding FAQs
Absolutely.
Non-Paper media types:
- Optical Media: Includes digital electronic storage devices that write or read data, CDs, DVDs, CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs.
- Magnetic Media: Includes magnetic tapes and floppy disks.
- Flash Media: Includes USB storage devices, PDA's and cell phones.
- Address labels from junk mail and magazines
- ATM receipts
- Bank statements
- Birth certificate, extra copies of
- Canceled and voided checks
- Credit and charge card bills, statements and receipts
- Credit reports and histories
- Employee pay stubs
- Employment records
- Expired credit and identification cards including driver's licenses, college IDs, military IDs, employee badges, medical insurance cards, etc.
- Expired passports and visas
- Insurance documents
- Investment, stock and property transactions
- Legal documents
- Luggage tags
- Medical and dental records
- Papers with a Social Security number
- Pre-approved credit card applications
- Receipts with checking account numbers
- Report cards
- Resumes or curriculum
- Signatures (such as those found on leases, contracts, letters)
- Tax forms
- Transcripts
- Travel itineraries
- Used airline tickets
- Utility bills (telephone, gas, electric, water, cable TV, Internet)
The shredded documents are formed into bales and shipped out to pulp mills to be recycled. Each year, Dakota Data Shred recovers approximately a million pounds of shredded documents.












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