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Download this as a PDFRECENT UPDATES
- Cloud Backup Durations and Retention section: Warm backups schedule updated so that one week's worth of weekly backups are taken and one month's worth of monthly backups are taken.
- Data Responsibility section: The specific actions ASPL takes in regard to communication from a Customer of a client's invocation of 'right to erasure' detailed.
Cloud Service Agreement Attachment 4: Backups (2018-05-21)
This Backups attachment is only to be construed alongside the Cloud Service Agreement (CSA). It forms part of the CSA as per Section 1 of that document and runs concurrently with it. This Backups attachment specifically describes responsibilities in connection with ASPL’s Cloud service.
TYPES OF CLOUD BACKUP
There are two types of ‘backup’ designed to provide data retention security and peace of mind for Cloud customers:
- Warm Backups: Warm Backups automatically occur according to the Cloud Backup Durations and Retention Schedule. They can also be manually instructed by the Customer on an ad hoc basis.
- Cold Backups: Cold Backups automatically occur according to the Cloud Backup Durations and Retention Schedule. These Cold Backups simply copy the Warm Backup data over to ASPL’s cold storage server for longer term storage.
In addition to these Backups, CloudConnect uses a synchronised clustered environment, to allow for quick failover in the case of emergency. Data is copied between the clustered nodes every 20 minutes.
CLOUD BACKUP LOCATIONS
- Each node in a given clustered environment is located in a different UK location.
- Cold Backups are located in a database in a separate UK location to the master-slave cluster.
CLOUD BACKUP DURATIONS AND RETENTION
ASPL operates a schedule of backups where Customer Personal Data is copied from the live Cloud database to a separate backups database.
Warm Backups
|
Backup Type |
When performed |
Quantity and duration of retention |
|
Daily |
Every day ~3am |
7 days’ worth |
|
Weekly |
Every Sunday at ~3am |
1 week's worth |
|
Monthly |
1st of each month at ~3am |
1 month's worth |
|
Manual |
Ad hoc |
Up to 10 total at any one time |
Cold Backups
|
Backup Type |
When performed |
Quantity and duration of retention |
|
Daily |
Every day ~11am |
Two weeks’ worth |
|
Weekly |
Every day ~11am |
Five weeks’ worth |
|
Monthly |
Every day ~11am |
One year’s worth |
|
Manual |
Every day ~11am |
Unlimited |
BACKUP RETENTION AND CONTRACT TERMINATION
Section 10 (Termination and Expiration) of the CSA details ASPL’s policy in regard to data retention following the termination of the Contract.
DATA RESPONSIBILITY
Section 16 (Data Protection) of the CSA details the relevant responsibilities for ASPL and the Customer in regard to the latter being the Data Controller and Processing of Personal Data. ASPL acts as Data Processor in regard to the actions detailed in this Backup Attachment.
Please note that in the event of a Customer communicating to us a ‘right to erasure’ request from a client, the data in the cold backups will only elapse after the timeframes stated above. However, this data will be effectively ‘beyond use’ in the general backups file during this time.
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