Question

A contracting company recently completed it's period of performance on a government contract and would like to destroy all information associated with contract performance Which of the following is the best NEXT step for the company to take?

A. Consult data disposition policies in the contract
B. Use a pulper or pulverizer for data destruction
C. Retain the data for a period of no more than one year.
D. Burn hard copies containing PII or PHI

Answer 1

Answer: A. Consult data disposition policies in the contract

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a Government Contract and as such may be subject to certain restrictions on how information should be handled or even destroyed.

The first thing the company should do therefore is to check the Data Disposition Policies that were included in the contract to see if and how they are to destroy the data and then proceed from there.