Common use of Data Destruction Clause in Contracts

Data Destruction. Prior to the termination of this Agreement, Recipient shall assist the Department or the applicable Customer in exporting and extracting or destroying, at the Department’s or the applicable Customer’s direction, all information obtained from the Department or the applicable Customer by Recipient or created for the Department or the applicable Customer by Recipient pursuant to this Agreement at no cost, in a format acceptable to the Department or the applicable Customer without the need to purchase additional services and/or commodities. Additionally, when the Agreement is terminated, Recipient shall transfer to the Department, or the Customer as applicable, all such information in all its forms from the Department or the applicable Customer and shall destroy duplicate records in accordance with section 501.171(8), F.S., and, if applicable, section 119.0701, F.S. This obligation to transfer and destroy information survives the term of this Agreement. Recipient shall adhere to established information destruction standards, such as those established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-88, “Guidelines for Media Sanitization” (2014), in destroying duplicate information provided by the Department or the applicable Customer. See xxxx://xxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-88r1.pdf. Recipient shall provide the Department, or the Customer as applicable, with written confirmation of destruction of Confidential Information in accordance with these standards. If Recipient is permitted by the Department or the applicable Customer to keep Confidential Information upon termination of this Agreement, Recipient shall continue to protect and maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information in accordance with applicable State and federal laws, rules, and regulations and such obligations set forth herein shall survive this Agreement.