# How your Data is Stored and Protected ### Data Storage and Protection Policies At Shade we take your data storage and protection seriously. To this end, we have numerous policies in place to ensure that your valuable data is stored in a secure and recoverable manner. #### Automated Data Backups To ensure that files and projects are recoverable in the event of a crisis, Shade performs encrypted automatic backups of your data to several different storage platforms, so in the event of a crisis your files will always be recoverable. This ensures that we always have at minimum 3 copies of data stored. #### File Deletion In the event of file deletion, our backup system maintains a seven-day retention period, allowing for quick recovery of accidentally removed data. The backup process is fully automated and monitored through our alerting system, with any backup failures immediately triggering notifications to our security team. #### AI Usage Shade optionally uses AI models to automatically index your data. You can easily control which folders are indexed by our models inside of the app itself by simply selecting folders and excluding them from AI. A full list of these folders can be seen at a drive level. Additionally, your data is never used for training purposes and is always encrypted. Our full data use and AI policy can be found [here](https://shade.inc/legal/data-usage-policy-and-ai). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://academy.shade.inc/administration-and-security/how-your-data-is-stored-and-protected.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.