What types of data should be safeguarded?

In the list below, you will find an overview of the types of digital data and passwords which you could safeguard and pass on in the event of an emergency. With regard to documents that are not in digital form and first have to be scanned, it is generally accepted that a security backup copy is as good and as useful as the original paper.

• Passwords
  • Email accounts
  • Online banking
  • Bankcard PINs
  • Mobile phone PINs
  • Social networks such as Facebook
  • Frequent flyer accounts

• Business
  • Contacts and addresses
  • Business plan and business ideas
  • Patent applications and issued patents
  • Intellectual property and works created
  • Important correspondence

• House and Home 
  • Purchase documents
  • Bank loan, mortgages
  • Property surveyor’s report 
  • Building plans
  • Invoices and guarantee certificates

• Finances and Taxes
  
  • Account lists and account statements
  • Retirement provisions and pension claims
  • Portfolio statements
  • Important tax receipts
  • Insurance policies

• Family
  • Birth certificates
  • Marriage certificates
  • Diplomas, degree certificates
  • Testamentary contract and copy of the will

• Data with sentimental value
  
  • Digital photos and videos
  • Correspondence
  • Diaries/journals

• Medicine/Health
  
  • Patient’s advance directive / living will
  • Medical findings / reports
  • Powers of attorney
  • Copy of vaccination certificates

• Important numbers 
  • Door code number
  • Alarm system code number
  • Important contact persons