Your customer sets this interval; no rule fixes one.
The rules, with where each one came from.
Each date this app counts and each check it runs on a save is listed here with its source and the day we last read it. Where a rule lives in a paid standard, we cite it and keep the same facts in our own layout; we never copy the standard's text or forms.
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sourced rules in this trade, each read on or after Oct 29, 2026.
Dates it counts
Next pickup: 1 to 365 days, set on each route stop as its pickup interval, from the last pickup.Set per customer; no rule fixes this interval.
Your contract
What it checks when you save
Anyone holding consumer report information disposes of it with reasonable measures. Shredding papers so they cannot practicably be read or reconstructed is one the rule names.From FTC Disposal Rule, 16 CFR 682.3 (Cornell LII), checked Oct 29, 2026.
For reference
A business may hand disposal to a record destruction company under a contract it monitors, after doing its due diligence on that company.From FTC Disposal Rule, 16 CFR 682.3 (Cornell LII), checked Oct 29, 2026.
For reference
Clients may check that the shredding company is certified by a recognized trade association as part of their due diligence, so keep the company's certificate current and on file.From FTC Disposal Rule, 16 CFR 682.3 (Cornell LII), checked Oct 29, 2026.
NAID AAA certification is kept through scheduled and unannounced audits that look at chain of custody and employee background screening.From i-SIGMA: NAID AAA Certification (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 29, 2026.
For reference
Asked, and answered from the rule.
Does the FTC Disposal Rule name shredding as a way to dispose of consumer information?
Anyone holding consumer report information disposes of it with reasonable measures. Shredding papers so they cannot practicably be read or reconstructed is one the rule names.From FTC Disposal Rule, 16 CFR 682.3 (Cornell LII), checked Oct 29, 2026.
How can a business vet a shredding company before handing it records?
A business may hand disposal to a record destruction company under a contract it monitors, after doing its due diligence on that company.From FTC Disposal Rule, 16 CFR 682.3 (Cornell LII), checked Oct 29, 2026.
Clients may check that the shredding company is certified by a recognized trade association as part of their due diligence, so keep the company's certificate current and on file.From FTC Disposal Rule, 16 CFR 682.3 (Cornell LII), checked Oct 29, 2026.
Can a medical office use a shredding company for patient records?
NAID AAA certification is kept through scheduled and unannounced audits that look at chain of custody and employee background screening.From i-SIGMA: NAID AAA Certification (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 29, 2026.
Container ID, Kind, Where it sits, Lock or key number.
Pickup
Pickup date, Certificate number, Driver, Containers serviced, Weight, and more.
Company certification
Certification, Certificate number, Scope on the certificate, Expires on, Certificate copy.
What your client receives.
The certificate of destruction, as the app issues it the moment the pickup is saved: signed, dated and frozen, with what is next due. This one is filled with invented records so you can read it before you sign up.