I lost a few contacts

I usually update my wife's phone every few weeks and today she told me a few of her contacts were missing off the list. I was wondering if there was something I was doing during syncing to cause this. The syncing seems to go fine and is there some place where this info is stored in case she were to lose everything? Thanks

The iPhone's address book syncs with a compatible or supported application on your computer.
You should be maintaining a backup of your contact information stored in the compatible or supported application on your computer used for syncing with the iPhone's address book, along with all other important data stored on your computer's hard drive.
Contact information on the iPhone is not included with the iPhone's backup, nor stored anywhere else. All backups for data transferred to an iPhone, or synced with an iPhone, should be maintained by the computer.

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