Common use of Disposal of Data Clause in Contracts

Disposal of Data. When no longer needed, or when data must be removed from the system, it shall be sanitized and disposed of using one of the methods listed below: • Sanitization – Overwriting data previously stored on a disk or drive with a random pattern of meaningless information • Destruction – Physically damaging a medium, so that it is not usable by any device that may normally be used to read information on the media, such as a computer, tape reader, audio or video player • Purging Data – Using a strong magnetic device, such as a degausser, to render data unrecoverable Orange County, Florida, Information Technology Standards

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Contract for Services, Contract