B2B Challenges

Digital debt and eternal storage

Most services keep files indefinitely, creating carbon debt, security debt and compliance debt. Unnecessary data survives for years in oversized clouds.

Challenge

Eternal storage has become the flaw of modern digital. Without expiration policy, each file accumulates debt: carbon, security, governance, compliance. FileVert is based on the opposite: ephemeral transfer as system design. We don't reduce digital debt, we prevent it from existing.

Eternal storage, the flaw of modern digital

If you don't delete, we keep forever. This default unlimited retention model of major storage platforms creates structural data accumulation in Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, messaging, production clouds and poorly designed business systems.

Carbon debt

Continuous electricity consumption, permanent cooling, numerous redundancies. An unnecessary file stored for 3 years can emit 100× more than an ephemeral transfer.

Security debt

Keeping creates mechanical risk: possible leaks, ransomware, uncontrolled access, unexpected exposure. A file that always exists always ends up leaking.

Compliance debt

Keeping too long violates GDPR principles: minimization, duration limitation, right to be forgotten. Most companies are non-compliant.

Organizational debt

The more files stored, the harder search becomes, governance complexifies, migrations become costly, productivity drops.

FileVert Solutions to avoid digital debt

Short and controlled temporality

2 to 15 days, then real deletion. No passive archives, no dormant accounts, no growing drives.

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No long-term storage

No passive archives. No dormant accounts. No growing drives. Ephemeral architecture by design.

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No long redundancies

Minimal redundancies strictly necessary. No cross-continent. No indefinite survival.

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Total control

User knows when it disappears, where it disappears, that it disappears and why.

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Concrete solutions

Related FileVert Solutions

Concrete features that avoid creating digital debt

Immediate Deletion

Scheduled deletion of your files after expiration, ensuring no data remains stored.

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Measured Carbon Impact

Carbon footprint estimation calculator with 98.7% reduction vs competitors.

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Admin Dashboard

Centralized dashboard for data governance with global activity overview, reports and permission control.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about digital debt and eternal storage

Digital debt is the structural accumulation of data created by eternal storage. It consists of 4 debts: carbon (continuous electricity consumption, permanent cooling), security (files that always exist always end up leaking), compliance (GDPR violation by keeping too long), organizational (difficult search, complex governance, costly migrations).
Long-term storage = continuous electricity consumption (servers on 24/7), permanent cooling (data center air conditioning), numerous redundancies (multiple copies), disk migrations, multi-continent replications. An ephemeral transfer (2-15 days) avoids all these permanent consumptions. FileVert: guaranteed automatic deletion.
Ephemeral architecture by design: short and controlled temporality (2-15 days), no long-term storage (no passive archives), no long redundancies (minimal strictly necessary), total control (user knows when/where/why it disappears). The only way to avoid digital debt is to never create it.
No, digital debt is multidimensional: carbon debt (environmental impact), security debt (leaking files), compliance debt (GDPR violation), organizational debt (productivity drops, costly migrations). FileVert solves all 4 dimensions through automatic deletion and ephemeral architecture.
Business model based on retention: more stored data = more user dependency, more revenue (paid storage), more data to analyze (profiling, advertising). FileVert reverses the logic: automatic deletion = no debt, no dependency, no capture.
Yes, guaranteed automatic deletion: strictly enforced duration (2-15 days according to user choice), real deletion (no hidden retention), ephemeral architecture (no passive archives), total control (dashboard with history, exportable logs). User knows exactly when/where/why their files disappear.
Major structural differences: FileVert = 100% French hosting (vs US servers for WeTransfer/Dropbox), automatic deletion 2-15 days (vs indefinite retention), data minimization (vs intensive user profiling), exportable audit trails (vs inaccessible logs). Structural GDPR compliance vs uncertain.
Yes, complete automated documentation: Excel/CSV exports of compliance logs, detailed access and download traceability, strict French hosting proof, available GDPR-compliant contracts, complete history exportable at any time. Facilitates external audits and DPO controls.
Yes, major fines: 2024 average = €15.7 million for GDPR non-compliance, risk up to 4% of annual worldwide turnover (Article 83 GDPR), examples: Google €90M, Amazon €746M, Meta €1.2B. Very high regulatory risk justifying compliant solutions like FileVert.

Avoid digital debt with FileVert

Ephemeral transfer, automatic deletion, temporal control.

Automatic deletion · Ephemeral architecture · Temporal control