Data backup and encryption.
You can be confronted with a loss, a breakage, a breakdown, a theft or a bad manipulation of your storage device. For these five reasons we advise you to secure your data.

1) Back up your data regularly.
You can do a simple copy/paste of your data to another memory device.
If you have a lot of data to back up regularly, opt for a synchronization software or backup software.

2) Always eject the storage device before disconnecting it from the USB port.
In Windows, in the file explorer, right-click on the USB drive and click on Eject.
Under Mac drag the drive displayed on the desktop to the trash.

3) Encrypt your data so that it cannot be read if your storage device is lost or stolen. If you work with Windows you can use the BitLocker utility that is integrated in Windows 10 and 11. (see documentation on the Microsoft website)