World Backup day is a
commemorative date celebrated annually by the
backup
In information technology, a backup, or data backup is a copy of computer data taken and stored elsewhere so that it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. The verb form, referring to the process of doing so, is "back up", w ...
industry and tech industry all over the world. The World Backup Day highlights the importance of protecting data and keeping systems and computers secure.
World Backup Day started with a post on
Reddit
Reddit (; stylized in all lowercase as reddit) is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website. Registered users (commonly referred to as "Redditors") submit content to the site such as links, text posts, images ...
where a user wrote about losing their hard drive and wishing someone had reminded them about how important it is to backup data. The campaign started in 2011 and every year many news outlets write articles about the importance of backing up data on World Backup Day.
Pledge and backing up data
Every year on March 31, many companies tweet and have
podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...
s about the importance of backing up data to prevent
data loss Data loss is an error condition in information systems in which information is destroyed by failures (like failed spindle motors or head crashes on hard drives) or neglect (like mishandling, careless handling or storage under unsuitable conditions) ...
. On the website WorldBackupDay.com people can make a pledge in 10 languages on various social media channels about the importance of backing up their data. The World Backup Day is recognized as National Calendar Day on two national holiday websites.
References
{{reflist
External links
Official site
Backup
Awareness days
Unofficial observances