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Off-site Data Protection is the strategy of sending business critical data to an off-site location as part of an IT Disaster Recovery Plan. Data is usually transported off-site using removable storage media such as Magnetic Tape , but can also be sent off-site electronically via a Remote Backup Service . Sending data offsite electronically is also known as ''Electronic Vaulting'' (or ''E-Vaulting'').

Although some organizations manage and store their own off-site backups, many chose to have their backups managed and stored by third parties who specialize in the commercial protection of offsite data.


DATA VAULTS

The storage of off-site data is also known as vaulting as backups are stored in purpose built vaults. There are generally no standards for type of building that contains a Vault. Generally commercial vaults fit into 3 three categories:
  • Underground vaults - These are often converted disused cold war military or communications facilities, or disused mines.

  • Free-standing dedicated vaults

  • Insulated chambers sharing facilities - These are often implemented within existing record center buildings.



STATUTARY OBLIGATIONS

Data Protection Statutes are usually non-prescriptive in how data is to be protected, but they are increasingly requiring the active protection of data.

Statutes which mandate the protection of data are:


LEGAL PRECEDENTS

  • Thomas F. LINNEN, et als v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INC., et als, (Mass. Super. Court, No. 97-2307).

  • Linnen v. Robins, 1999 WL 462015, 10 Mass. L.Rptr. 189 (Mass Super. Court, 1999).

  • FJS Electronics v. Fidelity Bank

  • Zubulake v. UBS Warburg

  • Coleman (Parent) Holdings, Inc. v. Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., 2005 Extra LEXIS 94 (Fla. Cir. Ct. Mar. 23, 2005).



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