- A
Store all customer data on-premises and only use the cloud for non-sensitive data.
Why wrong: This avoids the issue but restricts cloud usage unnecessarily and may not be aligned with business strategy.
- B
Accept the 90-day timeline and rely on a contractual clause that shifts liability to the provider.
Why wrong: Shifting liability does not achieve actual deletion within the regulatory timeline; the bank remains responsible.
- C
Implement a process to request immediate deletion from the provider and verify completion within 30 days.
This directly ensures compliance with the 30-day GDPR requirement through active management and verification.
- D
Negotiate a service level agreement that requires the provider to complete deletion within 30 days for all data.
Why wrong: The provider may not be able to meet this SLA due to technical limitations; negotiation alone does not guarantee capability.
CCSP Legal, Risk and Compliance Practice Question
This CCSP practice question tests your understanding of legal, risk and compliance. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A regional bank is migrating its customer data to a cloud provider that offers services in multiple jurisdictions. The bank's legal team is concerned about compliance with data protection regulations, specifically regarding the right to be forgotten. During a review, the bank discovers that the cloud provider's data deletion process takes up to 90 days for archived data. The bank needs to ensure it can comply with customer deletion requests within 30 days as required by GDPR. What should the bank do?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Implement a process to request immediate deletion from the provider and verify completion within 30 days.
Option C is correct because the bank must maintain compliance with GDPR's 30-day deletion requirement. By implementing a process to request immediate deletion from the provider and verifying completion within 30 days, the bank ensures it can meet the regulatory deadline regardless of the provider's standard 90-day archival deletion cycle. This approach leverages the provider's ability to perform expedited deletion upon request, which is a common capability in cloud services for compliance purposes.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Store all customer data on-premises and only use the cloud for non-sensitive data.
Why it's wrong here
This avoids the issue but restricts cloud usage unnecessarily and may not be aligned with business strategy.
- ✗
Accept the 90-day timeline and rely on a contractual clause that shifts liability to the provider.
Why it's wrong here
Shifting liability does not achieve actual deletion within the regulatory timeline; the bank remains responsible.
- ✓
Implement a process to request immediate deletion from the provider and verify completion within 30 days.
Why this is correct
This directly ensures compliance with the 30-day GDPR requirement through active management and verification.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Negotiate a service level agreement that requires the provider to complete deletion within 30 days for all data.
Why it's wrong here
The provider may not be able to meet this SLA due to technical limitations; negotiation alone does not guarantee capability.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
ISC2 often tests the misconception that an SLA can override technical limitations or regulatory obligations, but the trap here is that candidates may choose D without realizing that SLAs cannot guarantee deletion within 30 days for archived data due to inherent storage architecture constraints, and the bank must instead implement a process to handle expedited deletion requests.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Under GDPR, the right to be forgotten requires data controllers to erase personal data without undue delay, and the 30-day timeframe is a regulatory maximum. Cloud providers often use tiered storage (e.g., S3 Glacier or Azure Archive Storage) where data is stored in low-cost, high-latency tiers with deletion times that can exceed 30 days due to retrieval and overwrite processes. The bank must implement a workflow that triggers an expedited deletion request, which may involve restoring the archived data to a standard tier before deletion, and then verify completion through audit logs or API responses to ensure compliance.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
- Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
- Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
- Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A security analyst at a medium-sized enterprise encounters this scenario during an investigation or architecture review. The correct answer reflects best practice for the specific threat or control described. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Security exam questions test whether you can match controls to threats in context — not just recall definitions.
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What does this CCSP question test?
Legal, Risk and Compliance — This question tests Legal, Risk and Compliance — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Implement a process to request immediate deletion from the provider and verify completion within 30 days. — Option C is correct because the bank must maintain compliance with GDPR's 30-day deletion requirement. By implementing a process to request immediate deletion from the provider and verifying completion within 30 days, the bank ensures it can meet the regulatory deadline regardless of the provider's standard 90-day archival deletion cycle. This approach leverages the provider's ability to perform expedited deletion upon request, which is a common capability in cloud services for compliance purposes.
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