Data retention policy
Customer data is retained for the duration of the customer’s contract with Khoros, unless
otherwise instructed by the customer. Once the contract ends, Khoros Support contacts
the customer to offer the return of the data. Once the data has been returned or declined,
the data is deleted. Deletion occurs within thirty (30) days with the following exceptions:
(a) as otherwise required by applicable law; (b) data on backup systems or media is
maintained for 90 days in order to maintain sound business continuity practices and then deleted; and (c) log files are maintained for up to twelve months for security reasons and
then deleted.
During and after the life of the contract Khoros can use aggregated and anonymized data
for metrics and reporting purpose. This data does not include any personal information and
does not include any information about the customer or the end user.
Data archiving and removal policy
Once the contract is over, if the customer wishes to have a copy of its data, we securely provide the information to the customer for: (i) Khoros Community content, at one time and at no charge, in a machine-readable format, and at Khoros's option, either in a single data extraction or multiple data extractions; and (ii) all other Khoros Applications, customer may download the content itself in a comma separated value (.csv) format. Khoros may provide additional reasonable assistance for data extractions at Khoros’s standard Professional Services rates. The availability of Content for extraction or downloading from certain Applications may be limited to the most recent 24 months. The data is made available for 30 days from the contract expiration or termination, after which time it is deleted in accordance with the above "Data Retention" Section, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The active data bases are also dropped from the production servers as well after the data extraction is transferred to the customer. Once the media used for storage is retired it is scrubbed or destroyed using NIST SP 800-88 guidelines.
Data storage policy
Data Backup & Restoration
Backups are encrypted using AES 256-bit information and are over written every ninety
(90) days. Access to the backups is restricted to authorized individuals. Offsite backups are
kept in a secure facility. Backups are made daily and weekly. We conduct backup
restoration testing every six (6) months.
Data Destruction
Once the contract is over, if the customer wishes to have a copy of its data, we securely
provide the information to the customer for: (i) Khoros Community content, at one time
and at no charge, in a machine-readable format, and at Khoros's option, either in a single
data extraction or multiple data extractions; and (ii) all other Khoros Applications,
customer may download the content itself in a comma separated value (.csv) format.
Khoros may provide additional reasonable assistance for data extractions at Khoros’s
standard Professional Services rates. The availability of Content for extraction or
downloading from certain Applications may be limited to the most recent 24 months.
The data is made available for 30 days from the contract expiration or termination, after
which time it is deleted in accordance with the above "Data Retention" Section, unless
otherwise agreed to by the parties. The active data bases are also dropped from the
production servers as well after the data extraction is transferred to the customer. Once
the media used for storage is retired it is scrubbed or destroyed using NIST SP 800-88
guidelines.
App/service has sub-processors
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