> At least if you own the hardware, you won't lose your data (except in extreme cases where the government takes it For colocation you probably won't loose the

> At least if you own the hardware, you won't lose your data (except in extreme cases where the government takes it For colocation you probably won't loose the data but the company you chose can still disconnect you. And it's not uncommon in certain countries that police will take the whole rack belonging to different customers when they do police raids against pirating, mainly because they're incompetent but also trying to find other violators.