The practice's machines, software and data
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This branch covers running a freelance practice's IT and data, divided by the responsibility involved: maintaining equipment and software, keeping documents secure and recoverable, and protecting personal data. Choosing administrative systems, equipping a home office, using particular writing tools, and sponsor or trial data protection belong to their own branches.
- Keeping the machines and the software working — IT support, maintenance, digital housekeeping, platform changes, and repeated upgrades
- The documents, the data and the continuity plan — storage, retention, backups, equipment protection, continuity through interruptions, and contact-form spam
- Data protection in a freelance practice — the freelancer's role, agreements for tools, personal data in documents and messages, and business controls and records