Back me up before you go go: Safeguarding your data when on holiday

There’s no guarantee you won’t lose your smartphone while on holiday. Airplane tickets, health documents, photos and mobile payments may disappear with it – have you prepared for losing access to all these? — dpa

BONN: Even on vacation, we live digitally. Nevertheless, the rule here should be less is more. That’s why the first step is to decide which digital devices to take with you when going on holiday.

To limit the risk of identity theft and losing personal files, you should only include your most indespensible devices in your luggage, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) advises.