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Return and deletion

What happens to the data when the contract ends. Corrandale may export its data for 30 days after the end, and then Tennerby deletes it. Backups are overwritten within 90 days, and Tennerby confirms the deletion in writing. Agreement, clause 12.2 · Chapter 4

Explained in Chapter 4, Negotiating a Data Processing Agreement (Article 28), of Data Protection.

How it comes up, in Chapter 4
Return and deletion means what happens to the data at the end of the contract. Corrandale wanted deletion within 7 days. That left it too little time to take its data out. Under clause 12, it may export the data for 30 days, and then Tennerby deletes it.
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