Clean Desk and Secure Disposal Policy

Keep paper, screens and devices secure day to day, and destroy information safely when it is no longer needed.

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Guidance notes included
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Data protection & GDPR

Clean Desk and Secure Disposal Policy

About this document

What it’s for

A policy covering clean desk and clear screen rules in the office and at home, printers and meeting rooms, and the secure disposal of paper, digital files, devices and storage media – including the use of shredding and IT disposal contractors. It comes with a clean desk audit checklist, a disposal log and a device disposal record.

When to use it

  • As part of your security and data protection policies for all staff
  • When choosing a shredding or IT recycling company
  • When replacing laptops, phones, printers or servers

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  1. Purpose
  2. Scope
  3. Definitions
  4. Responsibilities
  5. Clean desk rules
  6. Clear screen rules
  7. Printers, meeting rooms and whiteboards
  8. Working at home and on the move
  9. Secure disposal of paper
  10. Secure disposal of electronic information
  11. Disposal of devices and storage media
  12. Monitoring, training and review
  13. Purpose
  14. Scope
  15. Definitions
  16. Responsibilities
  17. Clean desk rules
  18. Clear screen rules
  19. Printers, meeting rooms and whiteboards
  20. Working at home and on the move
  21. Secure disposal of paper
  22. Secure disposal of electronic information
  23. Disposal of devices and storage media
  24. Monitoring, training and review

Also included

  • Related documents
  • Desks and offices
  • Screens and devices
  • Printers, meeting rooms and shared areas
  • Appendix C – Device and storage media disposal record

How to complete it

  • Choose your shredding standard and contractor details in clause 9
  • Name the person who approves device disposal
  • Run the Appendix A audit at least [quarterly]

Key points to check

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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