Common use of Data Ownership Clause in Contracts

Data Ownership. The State solely and exclusively owns and retains all right, title and interest, whether express or implied, in and to any and all State data. Contractor has no and acquires no right, title or interest, whether express or implied, in and to State data. Contractor will only use State data for the purposes set forth in the Contract. Contractor will only access State data as necessary for performance of this Contract. Contractor will not access State user accounts except to respond to service or technical problems or at the State’s specific request. All State data, including copies, summaries and derivative works thereof, must be remitted, in a mutually agreeable format and media, to the State by the Contractor upon request or upon completion, termination or cancellation of the Contract. The foregoing sentence does not apply if the State Chief Information Security Officer or delegate authorizes in writing the Contractor to sanitize and/or destroy the data and the Contractor certifies in writing the sanitization and/or destruction of the data. Within ninety days following any remittance of State data to the State, Contractor shall, unless otherwise instructed by the State in writing, sanitize and/or destroy any remaining data and certify in writing that the sanitization and/or destruction of the data has occurred. Any such remittance, sanitization or destruction will be at the Contractor’s sole cost and expense.