Data rot - the loss of digital information - affects all of us, causing more and more data to be irretrievably lost each day. Swiss Picture Bank is the only solution that provides complete protection.
Here are the threats to digital photos and how Swiss Picture Bank counteracts them:
Hard Drive Crashes
It's not a matter of if; it's a matter of when. Your hard drive will crash - and it can happen at any time. File recovery after a killer crash is always expensive and never guaranteed.
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Bit-Erosion
External factors like temperature and humidity damage the electronic components of storage devices over time, in some cases even altering their magnetic orientations. This is known as bit-erosion and leads to file corruption, deletion, and inaccessibility.
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Recurring Fees
Monthly or yearly subscription plans inherently threaten your photos; if you miss a payment, they will be deleted. The same is true for services with minimum purchase requirements. Your photos are only as safe as your next payment.
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Unreliable Terms
Every other service reserves the right to delete your photos at will, without prior notice, without liability. Even the best hardware warranty is short-lived and provides no more than a replacement device vulnerable to the same problems. Simply put, no storage method - other than Swiss Picture Bank - guarantees your photos for life.
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Business Failure
No company is safe from the threat of business failure. When a photo storage service goes under, all of its users lose their photos forever. The money, time and energy you spent taking and saving your pictures will be wasted.
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Human Error
Accidental deletions are one of the leading contributors to data rot. A single wrong keystroke or dropped storage device can delete years of beautiful photos in a single instant.
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Obsolescence
Every storage device becomes obsolete - rapid technological advances will render them incompatible with newer hardware after just a few years. Constantly updating your system and transferring files can be expensive and time consuming. And if you don't spend the money and put in the effort, your photos can be trapped forever.
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Computer Viruses
A virus can destroy your digital photos or damage your system enough to prevent access to them - permanently. Expensive anti-virus software is never completely reliable and requires constant updates.
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Silent Data Corruption
When data is first recorded into a system, a file may be written with an error or placed in the wrong digital location. When the system doesn't recognize these errors it can result in damaged or inaccessible photos. This is known as silent data corruption.
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Loss, Theft and Physical Damage
Storage devices like laptops, CDs and thumb drives are easily portable, but what makes them so convenient also makes them more vulnerable to loss, theft, and physical damage.
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Natural Disasters
Natural disasters affect billions of lives each year. Floods and fires destroy homes along with the computers, digital cameras and storage devices within.
