How secure is ACD/Labs Zendto?

All files are transferred across the network securely encrypted.

If you are sending personal or confidential data, tick "Encrypt every file" when creating a new drop-off. Then the passphrase you enter must be used when downloading the drop-off. The passphrase is not stored on ACD/Labs Zendto, and cannot be recovered if lost. No one can access the files without it.

All files uploaded and temporarily stored on ACD/Labs Zendto are held on equipment owned and operated at 's own Data Centre.

All data is subject to the Data Protection regulations and laws of and the country.

ACD/Labs Zendto is in no way a "cloud" service. Everything is stored (even temporarily) on equipment directly owned by , and managed by its own IT staff.

All access to data is very tightly and strictly controlled by . All accesses to data on ACD/Labs Zendto are logged and can be easily checked if you are ever concerned that a 3rd party might have gained access to your data.

Furthermore, uploaded data is only held on ACD/Labs Zendto for a maximum of 30 days, after which time it is automatically deleted. There is no "undelete" facility available at all. No backups are taken of the uploaded data (it's only a transitory stopping point), so no uploaded data ever moves off ACD/Labs Zendto itself onto other equipment or media such as backup tapes. After an uploaded file has been deleted, there is no way of recovering the file.

Retrieval of a drop-off by a recipient can only be done with both the drop-off's Claim ID and Passcode.
When dropping off files, you can choose not to send either or both of these to the recipient automatically: you would then need to send that information by hand yourself.