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Annex 2: Security and deletion schedule

Version 1.0-draft

Draft for review. These terms are not yet offered for acceptance, and marked fields are still to be completed.

Version 1.0-draft

Completion required before acceptance. The following are completion requirements, not verified certifications.

To complete: the security schedule this Annex incorporates (docs/legal/security-schedule-v1.md, owner instructions item 4.1), with its title, version, date and sections filled into the provision below

FIRST.- Incorporated measures

The technical and organisational measures applicable to Customer Applicant Data are those in To complete: security schedule title, version and date, sections To complete: specified sections, supplied to the Customer with this DPA and incorporated into it. Those sections distinguish implemented measures from any future work; future work is not evidence of an implemented safeguard. The Processor shall maintain protection no less effective than the incorporated measures throughout processing. If there is a conflict, this DPA prevails.

SECOND.- Supporting evidence and changes

To complete: compliance register title/version and security-audit record identifiers support the incorporated measures but do not amend this DPA or restrict its audit rights. The Processor shall make relevant evidence available under the DPA, subject to proportionate confidentiality and security safeguards. Subsequent changes shall be versioned and communicated to the Customer; no change may materially reduce protection or retrospectively alter the accepted commitments. Changes requiring revised instructions or authorisation must be agreed before the affected processing begins.

Control areas

Control areaDetail to document and test
Tenant isolationWorkspace scoping for files, database records, search, export, APIs and administrative routes; negative cross-tenant access tests
Access controlClient permissions, privileged access, authentication safeguards, staff access restrictions, approval and access logs
EncryptionActual transport and at-rest protections, key and secret management, supplier scope
Application securitySecure development, vulnerability handling, patching, testing and incident escalation
Availability and recoveryBackup scope, recovery testing, resilience and restoration arrangements
Logs and monitoringLogged events, access limits, redaction, identifiable content, log retention and incident detection
AIEnabled routes, approved models, input minimisation, supplier retention and training restrictions, accuracy/bias review and human-review controls
ReturnTested export contents, format, delivery, authorisation and availability during the full 30-day window
DeletionPrefix and database deletion; derived outputs, caches and supplier propagation; failures, retries and evidence
BackupsMaximum erasure cycle To complete: backup-erasure maximum; isolation, no ordinary reuse, access restrictions and reapplication of deletion after restore
Retention clockEnumerated qualifying last-activity events To complete: qualifying last-activity events; 14-day warning; interaction with termination and earlier erasure