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Data Disposal

What is Data Disposal?

The secure destruction or deletion of personal data when it is no longer needed for its original purpose or when retention periods expire.

Privacy and Data Protection

Frameworks that govern data disposal

GDPRView framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →

What the standards actually require on data disposal

Requirements naming data disposal across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

Singapore Government Instruction Manual on ICT&SS Management (IM8)1 control

Decommission ICT and SS assets and dispose of government data in line with IM8 requirements, including secure data destruction, decommission records, and confirmation of asset disposal.

IM8-DEC · Decommissioning and Data Disposal →
CIS Controls v81 control

Ensure service provider contracts include security requirements. Example requirements may include minimum security program requirements, security incident and/or data breach notification and response, data encryption requirements, and data disposal commitments...

CIS-15.4 · Ensure Service Provider Contracts Include Security Requirements →

Questions people ask about data disposal

What is Data Disposal?
The secure destruction or deletion of personal data when it is no longer needed for its original purpose or when retention periods expire.
Why is Data Disposal important for compliance?
Data Disposal is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding data disposal helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Data Disposal?
Data Disposal appears in the requirement text of Singapore Government Instruction Manual on ICT&SS Management (IM8), CIS Controls v8. Across these standards we have identified 2 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Data Disposal?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how data disposal applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.