FAQs

• What is the significance of the protection classes and security levels (according to DIN 66399) of document shredders?
  Shredders are divided into protection classes and security levels, which indicate which data can be shredded:
  
  Security class 1: Normal security requirements for internal data
  - Security level 1: Catalogues, brochures
  - Security level 2: General internal work instructions, travel guidelines, forms
  
  Security class 2: High need for protection of confidential and particularly sensitive data
  - Security level 3: Offers, orders with individuals' address data
  - Security level 4: Personnel data, employment contracts, balance sheets, personal tax documents
  
  Security class 3: Very high protection requirements for particularly confidential and secret data
  - Security level 4: Personnel data, employment contracts, balance sheets, personal tax documents (GDPR-compliant!)
  - Security level 5: Medical reports, construction plans, strategy papers
  - Security level 6: Research and development documents
  - Security level 7: Data from intelligence or military fields
• What is the meaning of the abbreviations P, F, O, T, H and E of the security levels (according to DIN 66399) for document shredders?
  The abbreviations P, F, O, T, H and E stand for the types of information media that can be shredded with the shredder:
  
  P: Paper, film and other printed forms
  F: Film, microfilm, foil
  O: Optical data carriers (CD and DVD)
  T: Magnetic data carriers (e.g. floppy disks and ID cards)
  H: Hard disks with magnetic data carrier
  E: Electronic data carriers (e.g. memory sticks, chip cards and semiconductor hard disks)
  
  Example: Security level P-2 means that the document shredder can shred paper, film and other printed forms that comply with security level 2 (e.g. internal work instructions, travel guidelines).

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