# ISO/IEC 27701:2025 A.2.4.2 — Temporary files disposal

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- Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [ISO/IEC 27701:2025 PIMS Controls](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025) › Privacy by design / default (processors)
- Last updated: 2026-06-05
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**ISO/IEC 27701:2025**·Annex A `A.2.4.2`·high·Component: **Privacy by design / default (processors)**

## What this control requires

> Ensure temporary files are disposed per procedures. Implementation: Garbage collection, periodic verification, documented retention periods. Justification: Prevents leakage of PII via temp artifacts.
> 
> — ISO/IEC 27701:2025, Annex A A.2.4.2

### In plain English

Ensure temporary files are disposed per procedures. In practice, this means you can prove you implement temporary files disposal-level controls on a defined cadence.

## Why it matters

ISO 27701 is the international way to evidence the GDPR principle of accountability: certified PIMS controls translate directly into the records, contracts and rights-handling that supervisory authorities want, and into the privacy-engineering evidence SOC 2 + Privacy auditors and enterprise procurement teams ask for.

This control is rated **high**. Auditors expect a named owner, a remediation SLA, and a tooling artefact that evidences continuous operation.

## What an auditor looks for

PIMS auditors expect ISO 27001 to be implemented first and then the 27701-additional controls tested. For PII controllers they look at lawful-basis and rights-handling evidence; for PII processors they look at customer-instructions, sub-processor controls and return/transfer/disposal evidence.

Within **Privacy by design / default (processors)**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Annex A A.2.4.2) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles.

## How to implement

1.  Write a short policy stating intent, scope and named owner.
2.  Encode it as a platform guardrail — SCP, Azure Policy initiative, Organisation Policy, or repository policy.
3.  Wire a monitoring signal that catches drift (CSPM rule, SIEM rule, scheduled query, Workspace alert) and ticket it.
4.  Review on a documented cadence and capture the review in the risk register or compliance tracker.

### Operational checklist

-   **Implement.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Document.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Ensure.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Scope:** temporary files disposal.

## Evidence to collect

-   **Policy Document.** A signed and version-controlled policy / standard / procedure document.
-   **Vendor Risk Management.** `vendor_risk_management` evidence

Signed policies, procedures, and registers document the safeguard. Processor due diligence, contracts, and disclosure registers evidence third-party controls. Focus: Temporary files disposal.

## How it maps to other frameworks

Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit.

-   [**SOC 2 (2017 TSC) P6.1** — Third-Party Disclosure with Data Subject Consent](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/p6-1-third-party-disclosure-with-data-subject-consent)
-   [**India DPDP Act 2023 DP-001** — Data Processing Agreements (DPA) - Full Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/dp-001-data-processing-agreements-dpa-full-compliance)

## Related controls in ISO/IEC 27701:2025

-   [**Annex A A.2.4.3** — Return/transfer/disposal](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-2-4-3-return-transfer-disposal)
-   [**Annex A A.1.4.7** — Temporary files disposal](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-1-4-7-temporary-files-disposal)
-   [**Annex A A.2.4.4** — PII transmission controls](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-2-4-4-pii-transmission-controls)
-   [**Annex A A.1.5.2** — Basis for transfer](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-1-5-2-basis-for-transfer)
-   [**Annex A A.1.5.4** — Records of transfer](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-1-5-4-records-of-transfer)
-   [**Annex A A.1.5.5** — Records of disclosures](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-1-5-5-records-of-disclosures)

## References

-   [ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 — ISO/IEC 27701:2025](https://www.iso.org/standard/85819.html)
-   Catalogue identifier: `Annex A A.2.4.2`

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