QuickBooks Online Backup and its associated websites have security measures in place to protect the access, loss, misuse and alteration of the data and personally identifiable information under its control. . The security and integrity of customer data is our business. . QuickBooks Online Backup employs sophisticated security measures and uses encryption technology similar to what is in use by financial institutions and by the US Government.
After installing Online Backup on the PC, the data (from the files selected) and personally identifiable information go through an encryption process on the PC before transmitting the data over the internet to the QuickBooks Online Backup servers. . Once QuickBooks Online Backup receives the transmission, it is authenticated, protected from the outside by a firewall and the data is then stored in its encrypted form within QuickBooks Online Backup's system. . Access to the data is restricted by password, and is required before the data can be decrypted and transmitted back to the computer.
The Online Backup software does not store passwords, and never transmits it to QuickBooks Online Backup system. . Only the email address, telephone number, and billing information are stored in the Online Backup system. . Rest assured credit card information is encrypted within QuickBooks Online Backup's system.
Online Backup utilizes 256-bit AES encryption. . In addition to the encryption, each file is broken up into small blocks and then transferred to the QuickBooks Online Backup data center out of order. . After the initial backup, data blocks from modified files transmit during any given session.
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