The HMRC is under fire after they managed to lose the personal details of around 15000 Standard Life customers. This data was stolen when on its way from the Revenue office in Newcastle to the headquarters of the company in Edinburgh. This data never made its way to Edinburgh.
The HMRC was shocked as this data contained the details such as names, date of birth, pension data etc. This data loss occurred as the HMRC frequently sends data on a CD to its headquarters in Edinburgh, when it was stolen.
This data loss incident is just one of the many that have taken place in the UK of late and it highlights the problems that you could face if you continue storing your data on such conventional storage devices like the hard disk, the pen drives, etc. Such data stored is open to loss through theft and damage and you could risk losing your valuable data.
Now with the help of online backup, you can store and backup all your data online. You do not have to worry about your data being stolen or physically damaged. As this data is stored in real time, it is uploaded daily and you can retrieve all the files that you were working on. In case of a data loss, all you need to do is login to your online data storage account an restore it.
