Question 460
A travel company stores passport copies indefinitely because retention rules were never assigned to any dataset. Which foundational privacy-control activity should occur?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Cataloging sensitive information and retention obligations enables minimization and defensible deletion schedules. For this case, retention rules were never assigned to any dataset. Recovery controls have to be tested against actual restore requirements and isolated from the same compromise path; possessing a backup is not evidence that a timely, usable restoration is possible. The competing choice “Encrypt all files and thereby remove retention obligations” addresses a different mechanism: encryption protects confidentiality but does not define why records may be kept indefinitely. That difference is material to the requested decision.
Incorrect Answers
A storage habit does not demonstrate a lawful retention justification. Retention and storage policies determine evidence availability and lifecycle; they do not automatically solve the active permission failure. Here the decisive fact is retention rules were never assigned to any dataset. “Create a data inventory with categories, lawful purpose and retention owners” matches that requirement because cataloging sensitive information and retention obligations enables minimization and defensible deletion schedules.
Broad disclosure would increase privacy risk instead of establishing stewardship. Compliance assertions need explicit scope, data inventory, lawful purpose and retention rules; written policy alone cannot prove implementation. In the reported situation, retention rules were never assigned to any dataset. The effective mechanism is “Create a data inventory with categories, lawful purpose and retention owners”: cataloging sensitive information and retention obligations enables minimization and defensible deletion schedules.
Encryption protects confidentiality but does not define why records may be kept indefinitely. Encryption addresses readability of protected data. Authentication, correct permissions and availability must still be enforced separately. Here the decisive fact is retention rules were never assigned to any dataset. “Create a data inventory with categories, lawful purpose and retention owners” matches that requirement because cataloging sensitive information and retention obligations enables minimization and defensible deletion schedules.






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