Chuck, You aren't paranoid (at least not overly paranoid). Even if they aren't locked out by a government, the company they are storing with may very well have an issue. I have had a similar thing happen to me: All my stuff in one place. That company simply forgot I existed as a customer in their system (some db update gone wrong, I'd guess). 10 years worth of stuff now inaccessible. I'm too small for them to really care about. This is the same reason I back up my gmail locally. What if google decides I can't have access to it any more intentionally or through a mistake?
What would I do? I'd look into having at least 2 copies. Preferably one local and the other BOX. But the exact implementation is up to them and their checkbook. You (or they or their vendor) could write something that periodically creates a backup (BOX has an API, I'm sure). Then if all goes pear shaped they can at least have a reasonably current copy of everything. Joshua Hunter jos...@dwdev.com (425)673-1974 www.dwdev.com Dataworks Development, Inc. Providing secure and configurable data management solutions for research and clinical labs since 1987. -----Original Message----- From: 4D_Tech [mailto:4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com] On Behalf Of Charles Miller Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 1:45 PM To: 4D iNug Technical Subject: slightly off Hi All, I have a small customer that has no in house IT staff. They use another consultant for OS related stuff. There are an all mac shop, which currently has an internal drive mounted for all that has documents on it. They want to move to BOX and have all in the cloud. What are others doing re backing this stuff up. I know chances are remote that there will ever be a problem as BOX is IBM, but it has happened that other backup sites like this have been locked by government and users have been unable to get at there documents. Am I needlessly paranoid about this. The person they worked with to make this decision is one I have little respect for. He once told them they could access there confidential info from WAN without using VPN. Thanks and regards Chuck -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Miller Voice: (617) 739-0306 Fax: (617) 232-1064 Informed Solutions, Inc. Brookline, MA 02446 USA Registered 4D Developer Providers of 4D, Sybase & SQL Sever connectivity http://www.informed-solutions.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any attached documents contain information which may be confidential, subject to privilege or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. These materials are intended only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission, you are hereby notified that any distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality, privilege or exemption from disclosure as to this communication. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
