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How to Choose Data Protection Software If your device goes missing, you need your personal files and information protected against fraudulent activity no matter who's pushing the buttons. You don't want your contacts, passwords, personal files, photos or business information in the wrong hands - identity theft, fraud, and business data breaches happen every day because data on lost devices was not protected from prying eyes.

If you are looking for a streamlined way to set up some basic data protection, you may be looking at data protection solutions that focus on securing your data.

What is data protection software?

Software that protects your data from the unwanted actions of unauthorized users. Whether that data is on a laptop, tablet or smartphone, data protection software gives you the means to either protect it and/or remove it, to protect you.

What are the key features of data protection software?

Your primary goal in choosing device protection software - whether for laptops, tablets or smartphones - is to secure your data. So, what questions should you ask of laptop protection software vendors, or other data protection solutions?

1. How does the software track my stolen laptop? 2. Can I erase data remotely, ensuring no sensitive data is leaked when a device

goes missing? 3. What happens if my device is wiped or reset?

Absolute Data Protect answers your top questions:

1. Absolute Data Protect locates your device using GPS, Wi-Fi or IP geolocation. (In the event of theft, this information should never be acted upon, but instead passed to local police.)

2. Data security comes standard with Absolute Data Protect. Our Device Lock prevents anyone from accessing your data and our Delete can erase those files for even more security.

3. Device wiped, no problem: we keep on working! Devices that support Absolute persistence technology benefit from the strongest protection on the market. If a device is reformatted or wiped, our technology (which is embedded at the firmware level) simply rebuilds itself. We're the only ones who can do this.

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If you are looking for more than just data protection - you'd like to actually get your device back! - read up on How to Choose Laptop Theft Recovery Software then set up Absolute LoJack.

Absolute LoJack offers all the Absolute Data Protect features, plus the work of our highly trained Recovery Team who work on your behalf to get back your stolen devices. Our Recovery Team knows how to gather additional forensic evidence necessary to support location data in the recovery of your device by local police (Read: location data is often not enough for device recovery).

About the Author

Arieanna Schweber has been a part of the Absolute Software writing team since 2007. Arieanna was Canada's first female professional blogger and has been professionally blogging since 2006, speaking at leading blogging conferences including BlogHer and Northern Voice. Arieanna has a joint degree in Business and Communications from Simon Fraser University and continues to build communities for Vancouver-based clients.

About the Company Absolute Software(@Absolutecorp) helps businesses and consumers track, manage, secure and recover mobile computers and devices using our patented persistence technology. We license the name "LoJack" from the LoJack Corporation to highlight the similarities between our consumer product, LoJack for Laptops (@LoJackforLaptop), and their stolen vehicle recovery service. Currently Absolute Software has recovered over 30,000 devices in over 100 countries around the world.