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That the guest session deletes all saved files is unexpected for the user.
Google a bit and you find many stories of users losing data because of this [1].
There absolutely should be a warning on login and on logout that the files will be deleted so the user has the chance to save to a thumb drive or dropbox or whatever.
Again, when you google a bit you find tutorials doing exactly that [2].

[1]
http://billhensley.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/ubuntu-10-guest-accounts-and-persistence/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1558808

[2]
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1558808

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: lightdm 1.2.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 15 13:12:24 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328)
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise
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Guest session deletes user's files without warning on logout
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/982231
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