CCSP Legal, Risk, and Compliance Practice Question
A company wants to export its data from a cloud provider to another provider upon contract termination. Which contract clause is essential to ensure the data can be exported in a usable format?
⚠ Common exam trap
CCSP often tests the distinction between data portability (export rights) and data deletion (destruction rights), as both are termination-related clauses but serve opposite purposes.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Data portability clause
A data portability clause contractually obligates the cloud provider to return customer data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format upon termination, ensuring the data can be migrated to another provider. Without this clause, the provider might only offer data in a proprietary or non-standard format, making export impractical. This is a key requirement under GDPR Article 20 and other data protection regulations.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Service level agreement
Why it's wrong here
An SLA defines availability, performance and uptime commitments, not data portability or export formats. It is tempting because it is a core contract term, but it would be correct when the concern is service reliability and remedies, not retrieving data in a usable format.
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Data portability clause
Why this is correct
A data portability clause contractually obliges the provider to return customer data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format on termination, enabling migration to another provider. This satisfies the stem's requirement for export in a usable format.
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Right to audit
Why it's wrong here
The right to audit grants inspection of provider controls and compliance evidence, not data extraction. It is tempting because it appears in most cloud contracts, but it would be correct when the requirement is verifying security or regulatory compliance, not ensuring usable data export.
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Data deletion clause
Why it's wrong here
A data deletion clause governs destruction of data after termination, not its portability or format. It is tempting because it addresses end-of-contract data handling, but it would be correct when the requirement is certified erasure and proof of destruction, not usable export.
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Last reviewed September 2026 · checked against the official ISC2 exam blueprint
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