Common use of Return and/or Destruction of Information Clause in Contracts

Return and/or Destruction of Information. Upon expiration or termination of the Contract for any reason, the Contractor agrees to comply with all Agency directives regarding the return or destruction of all Agency Information and any derivative work. Delivery of returned Agency Information must be through a secured electronic transmission or by parcel service that utilizes tracking numbers. Such information must be provided in a format useable by the Agency. Following the Agency’s verified receipt of the Agency Information and any derivative work, the Contractor agrees to physically and/or electronically destroy or erase all residual Agency Information regardless of format from the entire Contractor’s technology resources and any other storage media. This includes, but is not limited to, all production copies, test copies, backup copies and /or printed copies of information created on any other servers or media and at all other Contractor sites. Any permitted destruction of Agency Information must occur in such a manner as to render the information incapable of being reconstructed or recovered. The Contractor will provide a record of information destruction to the Agency for inspection and records retention no later than thirty (30) days after destruction.

Return and/or Destruction of Information. Upon expiration or termination of the Contract for any reason, the Contractor agrees to comply with all Agency directives regarding the return or destruction of all Agency Information and any derivative work. Delivery of returned Agency Information must be through a secured electronic transmission or by parcel service that utilizes tracking numbers. Such information must be provided in a format useable usable by the Agency. Following the Agency’s verified receipt of the Agency Information and any derivative work, the Contractor agrees to physically and/or electronically destroy or erase all residual Agency Information regardless of format from the entire Contractor’s technology resources and any other storage media. This includes, but is not limited to, all production copies, test copies, backup copies and /or printed copies of information created on any other servers or media and at all other Contractor sites. Any permitted destruction of Agency Information must occur in such a manner as to render the information incapable of being reconstructed or recovered. The Contractor will provide a record of information destruction to the Agency for inspection and records retention no later than thirty (30) days after destruction.