On Saturday, June 3, local Lyon Real Estate agents sponsored a free secure shredding service at Rosemont Plaza, and over 80 people took advantage of it. Shredding is one of the important ways you can protect your identity and privacy. Be sure to shred any unneeded documents that have any of your personal identification – you name, address, any contact information, and certainly anything with your social security number or any financial information, passwords, account numbers, credit or debit cards, old memory disks and hard drives and cell phones, etc. This type of information can be very valuable to those who would seek to steal you good name and money. When that happens you can have years of problems getting your name cleared. So a bit of caution is well advised. Get and use a shredder at home and take advantage of free shred days for larger amounts. You’ll be glad you did.