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 ===== EPFL Backup System for Laptop ====
-All Employee of EPFL are supposed to do regular backups of the laptop computer they use.
+** All Employee of EPFL are required to do regular backups of the laptop computer they use **\\
-for this reason EPFL provide a free service of backup (Druva InSync) that every user can request to use, if he/she do not have other solutions.
+For this reason EPFL provide a backup service (Druva InSync) free of charge that every user can request to use, if he/she do not have other solutions.
-to get your Druva InSync account, please contact your system administrator.
+to get your Druva InSync account, please contact your system administrator; once installed and configured, the program will backup your files every 4 hours even if you're not connected to EPFL networks.
 ===== Personal Laptops =====
-Users are
 The lab doesn't provide direct support to personal laptops, but you can use different services of our filer structure to your gain. The use of these services as backup system is under your only responsibility, we don't control what you do and how you do it.
   - Homedir: the home directory is to store your work related documents/programs/stuff, but you can use it also to store some personal related data (protos/images, videos, documents) if the footprint is relatively small (under 100 GB).
   - Scratch server: The scratch server provide space for everyone and there's no limit on the use of it. plesae use it as you like, but adopt a fair play policy, as everyone in the lab will need to store data.
-  - Cloud (Test): we currently provide access to one of our file servers via a cloud client (it means that it will be accessible always, even if your computer is connected to another iand far away network). The address to use is [[http://rain.epfl.ch/owncloud|Rain Cloud]]
+  - google disk/dropbox/microsoft onedrive: these and others internet services are offering storage space for your personal data, **but their storage/use policy is against the rules of EPFL, the European GDPR and/or the Swiss laws regarding privacy** . We do not recommend using them.
-  - google/dropbox/microsoft: these and others internet services are offering storage space for your personal data, but we do not reccomend using them as the access policy to these stored information is not secure. Also the bandwidth necessary for using these services is quite important, nowadays.
 ===== Syncronizing work stuff with Unison =====