Backblaze Launches Legal Hold to Support Data Loss Prevention and Litigation Readiness for Businesses

New feature exceeds business’ needs around data retention for legal, regulatory, and HR obligations at no extra cost

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the cloud storage innovator delivering a modern alternative to traditional backup providers, today introduced Legal Hold for Backblaze Computer Backup with Enterprise Control. The feature empowers businesses to preserve a user’s entire backup, including every historical version captured, with a single click, ensuring rapid compliance with legal, regulatory, or HR data-retention requirements while maintaining the same predictable flat-rate pricing.

“With Legal Hold, information stays secure and immediately accessible when the stakes are highest,” said Gleb Budman, CEO at Backblaze. “Reliable preservation of data reduces exposure to fines and sanctions, giving organizations fast, predictable compliance support without extra software, hardware, or surprise fees.”

Key Features

• Administrators can instantly activate Legal Hold in the Enterprise Control console without additional hardware or software.
• Runs silently in the background without downtime, throttling, or notifications.
• Offers unlimited version retention without additional fees.
• No charge instant file retrieval with available encrypted drive delivery via courier.
• Data is secure by default with encryption at rest and in transit, with optional private-key encryption available.

Availability

Legal Hold is available today for all Backblaze Computer Backup with Enterprise Control customers at no additional cost. New users can experience the feature immediately in a complimentary 15-day trial by contacting the Sales Team at [e-mail].

About Backblaze

Backblaze is the cloud storage innovator delivering a modern alternative to traditional backup providers. Purpose-built by cloud storage experts, the Backblaze Computer Backup product provides secure, predictable, and scalable endpoint protection that customers use to protect their critical business data from accidental file loss, hardware failure, and cyber and ransomware attacks. Backblaze helps businesses blaze forward with peace of mind that their data is safe.