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Dakota Data Shred (DDS), a division of Novak Sanitary Service, has been providing confidential, secure, and convenient document shredding services and data destruction since 1995. We offer service throughout South Dakota and parts of Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa.
Why Choose Dakota Data Shred for Paper Shredding Services & Film Destruction & Hard Drive Destruction?
Proven business track records since 1995
AAA Certified by National Association of Information Destruction (NAID) for strict regulatory compliance to destroy paper/printed media, micro fiche/film, computer hard drives & non-paper media
Offer mobile and plant-based destruction services
Service area includes: South Dakota, SW Minnesota, NW Iowa, and NE Nebraska
Recovered paper from shredding is shipped to pulping mills for recycling
In 2017, Dakota Data Shred recovered 6.25 million pounds of shredded documents
Gary Gascoigne Explains How Dakota Data Shred Works
Recycling Impact
In 2018, Novak recovered 5.75 million pounds of shredded documents to be recycled into tissue paper and paper towels. According to the EPA, for every ton of paper recycled it can save the energy equivalent of 165 gallons of gasoline.
5.75 million pounds = Saving equivalent of 474,540 gallons of gasoline.
Since 1995, businesses and residents have trusted DDS to destroy:
Paper/Printed Media
Micro Fiche/Film
Computer Hard Drives
Non-Paper Media, like:
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.
AAA Certified by National Association of Information Destruction (NAID)
Dakota Data Shred is an AAA Certified business meeting strict regulatory compliance.
This short video explains the value of NAID Certification in establishing the ongoing compliance and security of data destruction companies. It also explains how, by selecting a NAID AAA Certified company, customers are actually fulfilling important regulatory requirements to validate the policies and procedures of their data destruction company contain specific language and provisions.
Service Area Map
Dakota Data Shred serves South Dakota and parts of Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa as outlined on each state map below with document shredding services and data destruction.
South Dakota
All counties
Minnesota
Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, and Rock
Nebraska
Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Thurston and Wayne
Novak Sanitary residential trash customers are allowed to bring the equivalent of five banker size boxes of documents per year to our office to be shredded, free of charge! After the five free boxes per year, the cost is only $5 per box.
Individuals who are not Novak residential trash customers may also drop off documents to be shredded. The cost is $7 per box (size equivalent to 12" x 15" x 10").
Dakota Data Shred is fully-insured and makes it easy for businesses to securely destroy paper/printed media, micro fiche/film, computer hard drives & non-paper media. Please call or email us about:
Pickup scheduled at the customer’s convenience: daily, weekly, monthly or yearly
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)
Do you use consumer reports or credit reports to evaluate customers' creditworthiness? Do you consult reports when evaluating applications for jobs, leases, or insurance? Here's information about your responsibilities under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other laws when using, reporting, and disposing of information in those reports.
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)
HIPAA data security compliance spans computer hard drives, media and paper documents. Each must have its own plan to maintain data lifecycle privacy from encryption, retention and retirement (destruction).
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requires financial institutions – companies that offer consumers financial products or services like loans, financial or investment advice, or insurance – to explain their information-sharing practices to their customers and to safeguard sensitive data.
The Red Flags Rule requires many businesses and organizations to implement a written Identity Theft Prevention Program designed to detect the warning signs – or red flags – of identity theft in their day-to-day operations.
Shredding sensitive paper documents is one way to reduce your risk of becoming an identity theft victim. Every year Dakota Data Shred partners with businesses for 18 free community shred events to keep personal information out of the hands of thieves. Dakota Data Shred also ships the shredded documents to pulping mills to be made into tissue paper and paper towels.
To confirm an event or receive additional information, please contact the organizations in the listing.
No events at this time. Please try back at a later time.
Bradley W. Nylen, General Manager Record Keepers Inc., Sioux Falls, SD
Record Keepers Incorporated has been using Dakota Data Shred destruction services for over 15 years.
They have given us timely and secure record destruction and we have never had any problems with them. Their drivers are always courteous and helpful. They take whatever we send them for shredding: microfilm, VHS tapes, and paper. We are very happy with their service.
FAQ
I am a Novak residential customer. Is it okay if I just bring in one box at a time?
Absolutely.
I understand you destroy Non-Paper media too. Can you explain what type of items those are?
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.
Do you have a list of the types of documents a consumer should shred?
After the documents are securely shredded, what happens to them?
The shredded documents are formed into bails and shipped out to pulp mills to be recycled. Each year, Dakota Data Shred recovers million pounds of shredded documents.
