SA-4(12)—Data Ownership
>Control Description
a. Include organizational data ownership requirements in the acquisition contract; and b. Require all data to be removed from the contractor’s system and returned to the organization within [Assignment: organization-defined time frame].
>Supplemental Guidance
Contractors who operate a system that contains data owned by an organization initiating the contract have policies and procedures in place to remove the data from their systems and/or return the data in a time frame defined by the contract.