Stephanie Hughes

She works to preserve the archives of museums, libraries, movie and TV studios.

I asked her how the memory shortage is affecting her work.

What are your clients saying about the memory shortage?

We'll be right back.

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I'm Stephanie Hughes.

We're back with Linda Todich, archivist and CEO of Digital Bedrock.

What advice do you have for people who want to make sure they don't lose old photos or years of audio recordings, let's say, asking for a friend?

That's archivist Linda Todich with the company Digital Bedrock.

Daniel Shin produced this episode.

I'm Stephanie Hughes, and that's Marketplace Tech.

This is APM.

Private companies track our digital data.

Should the government be able to as well?

From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech.

I'm Stephanie Hughes.

We create digital breadcrumbs all the time.

When we buy something online, when we post on social media, when we look up directions on the internet.

This is data generally collected by private companies.

But how and when should the government be able to access it?