Digital Legacy Risk Assessment · 14 questions · about 3 minutes

How safe is your family’s digital life?

Answer what you can — “not sure” is a perfectly good answer. You will see a plain-language result straight away. No email needed.

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Which devices might hold your family’s data?

Count anything with data on it, even if it no longer switches on. A rough number is fine.

Include camera cards and CDs or DVDs with photos.

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How old are they, and how are they behaving?

Age and warning signs matter more than brand or price.

Q5How old is the oldest device?
Q6Is any device behaving strangely?

Very slow, freezing, or refusing to start.

Q7Does any hard disk click, buzz or keep disconnecting?

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Where are things today, and whose are they?

Most families have photos in four or five places at once.

Q8Where are the family photos?

Choose all that apply.

Q9Have your files been brought together in one place?
Q10Are any important documents only on an old computer?

Certificates, tax or property papers, business records.

Q11Did any of these devices belong to parents or other family members?

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Backups and cloud storage

A backup only counts if someone has checked that it opens.

Q12Is there a backup you have actually checked recently?
Q13Do you use Google Drive, OneDrive or iCloud?
Q14Do you know roughly how much data there is?