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My database should have continuous protection. Why don't I see any backups? I don't see any Postgres backups available when I run `heroku pg:backups`. ``` === Backups ! No backups. Capture one with heroku pg:backups capture. ``` I thought my database had continuous protection? Where can I get my backups?
Can I rollback my essential tier Postgres database? You require a rollback of your data to a previous point in a essential tier Heroku Postgres database.
How long does it take for a new database to get fork/follow and rollback capabilities? You have created a new database but are currently unable to create forks, followers, or trigger a rollback against this new database.
Does Heroku comply with the EU Data Protection directive on personal data? Your app requires compliance with directive 95/46/EC (Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data)
EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) Will Heroku Services be compliant with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?
How to rollback my Heroku PostgreSQL database that Heroku Connect synchronizes to? An application uses Heroku Connect to synchronize data with Salesforce. I found some issues in my read-write mappings and I want to roll back my Heroku PostgreSQL database. Can I use the Heroku PostgreSQL rollback or `pg_restore` function?
Why did a Heroku PGBackup fail with "Could not connect to database to initialize transfer"? When using Heroku PGBackups (ref: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-postgres-backups) to backup or copy across a database, you receive the error message "Could not connect to database to initialize transfer".
Seeing "sql_error_code = 55000 ERROR: exclusive backup not in progress" errors in Heroku Postgres I'm seeing errors like the following in my logs: ``` [37-1] sql_error_code = 55000 ERROR: exclusive backup not in progress [37-2] sql_error_code = 55000 STATEMENT: select pg_stop_backup() ``` as well as other messages and warnings, such as: ``` [37-1] sql_error_code = 00000 LOG: duration: 398930.917 ms statement: COPY (SELECT file_name, lpad(file_offset::text, 8, '0') AS file_offset FROM pg_xlogfile_name_offset( pg_start_backup('freeze_start_2020-05-11T13:44:04.251148+00:00'))) TO STDOUT WITH CSV HEADER; [40-1] sql_error_code = 00000 NOTICE: pg_stop_backup complete, all required WAL segments have been archived [8-1] sql_error_code = 01000 WARNING: aborting backup due to backend exiting before pg_stop_backup was called ``` Is this something I need to address? Is there a problem with my database backups?
Are my Heroku Postgres PGBackups encrypted?
How does Heroku Connect Secure My Data in Transit? You want to know what security measures are taken by Heroku Connect as it copies data from your Salesforce Organization to a Heroku Postgres database.

Dev Center articles 3

Provisioning Heroku Postgres This article describes how to provision a Heroku Postgres database add-on.
Heroku Postgres Data Safety and Continuous Protection How we protect your data on Heroku Postgres through continuous protection via wal-e and physical backups.
Heroku Security & Compliance Resources and Features This article introduces available compliance collateral, approaches for managing compliance on the Heroku platform and security features that can help reduce risk and meet compliance objectives.

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