Local Bank Hosts 'Shred Day Bay Area'

Can't stand the dust in your own home or the smell of paper being shredded inside a room?

Take your boxes of sensitive papers to this year's "Shred Day Bay Area," hosted by Comerica Bank and Iron Mountain.

The free, one-day event takes place on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the bank's Winchester Banking Center at 1245 S. Winchester Blvd.

Guests attending this shred-a-thon will be able to watch as their documents are destroyed on site. Each car is allowed four boxes or bags of paper, and only paper will be shredded. All shredded material will be recycled by Iron Mountain.

“It is so important to not throw sensitive documents in the trash,” said Susan Bell, Comerica’s vice president of fraud services in a release. “Shredding your documents will prevent someone from using your personal information to impersonate you.”

Items that the bank suggests should be shredded include:

• Any document that has a piece of personal information on it (name, address, phone numbers, date of birth, Social Security number, account numbers, PINs)
• Financial records
• Bank statements
• Old bills
• Credit card statements
• Medical records.