Do you use online back up services? With the opening of hurricane season here in Florida, a valuable and affordable service to consider is online back up service. So many vital pieces of our lives today are in digital format consequently the thought of an online backup service seem almost a necessity.
Can you imagine experiencing the devastation of a hurricane and all your files were gone as well? Scanning vehicle titles, insurance policies, and birth records to store on a computer is a simple task. With an online back up service, these important documents will be accessible and restorable from anywhere.
A quick online comparison showed the top rated back up services include Carbonite, Mozy, and Idrive. Surprisingly, the cost of using an online backup service will cost anywhere from ten to fifteen cents a day. Furthermore, a computer can be set up to automatically back up as often as necessary. The piece of mind and security of knowing your records, photos, and data are forever safe is tremendous.
Taking into consideration the inexpensive cost to attain this level of security, I am of the opinion that everyone should consider using online backup services.
DO NOT STORE THE COPIES ON YOUR COMPUTER. Scan your important documents, upload them (ALWAYS check for httpS:// before you send important data over your network) then DELETE THEM. If your computer is ever compromised, stolen, or accessed by someone you don’t know, your personally identifying documents will be at risk! If they get on the wild Internet, YOUR IDENTITY WILL BE STOLEN.
Better solution: Make copies of your documents, put them in a lockbox, and store the lockbox with a family member outside your area. Then if a hurricane strikes you can get the documents back, and you’ll be waaaaaay safer from identity theft than if you store them online.
This was well-intentioned advice, but online storage for sensitive documents is a terrible idea. Back up your photos all you want though.
Thanks for the tip Steve! Having immediate access helps greatly. I black out some things, like my ss# after I scan them. Many companies guarantee security with double encryption as well.
Thanks Steve. It’s appoint by the way. I don’t know about other online companies but at least I so far have an experience of one which am pretty sure my data is securely guarded with 440 bit advanced level encryption. It’s protected from any evil eye. I use http://www.safecopybackup.com. They have 3GB free trial if you don’t mind.