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Guam
Electronic Data Protection Act of 2012, sanitization of storage media in government of Guam computers and digital copiers
Electronic Data Protection Act of 2012, 5 GCA §§ 14101-14105
In force.
A sector security regimes rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Security, Governance
As of .
What it requires
- This chapter binds the Director of the Department of Administration, the Chief Procurement Officer of the General Services Agency, the Chief Information Officer of the Bureau of Information Technology and the heads of government of Guam entities; it does not bind a private business.
- Review all current computers, digital copier machines and digital copier machine services used by the government of Guam, and ensure that sanitization occurs on all storage media before the machines are replaced or refurbished and resold to non-governmental entities, or discarded.
- Develop a single process, and rules, for the proper sanitization of storage media for all government of Guam entities.
- Include equipment or software which erases storage media in any digital copier machines or digital copier machine services procured after the date the chapter sets in 2012.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What this law does
The Director of Administration, the Chief Procurement Officer of the General Services Agency and the Chief Information Officer of the Bureau of Information Technology are jointly responsible for reviewing all current computers, digital copier machines and digital copier machine services used by the government of Guam.
Those three officers are also responsible for ensuring that sanitization occurs on all storage media before the machines are replaced or refurbished and resold to non-governmental entities, or discarded. Those three officers are responsible for developing a single process to be used and rules to be followed. The process and rules are for the proper sanitization of storage media for all government of Guam entities.
Digital copier machines or services procured after a date in 2012 must include equipment or software which erases storage media.