Symptom
The KBA explains concerns regarding confirmation of data removal by SAP after subscription ends.
Common Questions about the availability of a guaranteed data disposal option in the Data Protection and Privacy Work Center for complete termination of C4C.
Environment
SAP Cloud for Customer
Reproducing the Issue
- Attempt to confirm data removal by SAP after subscription ends.
- Check for a guaranteed data disposal option in the Data Protection and Privacy Work Center.
Resolution
- After the SAP Cloud for Customer (C4C) contract ends, tenant data will be suspended and permanently deleted from SAP's servers.
- The tenants will be terminated, and users will no longer be able to access the URL.
- Significant data will be disposed of by deleting the tenant.
- Your system access will be suspended on the termination effective date. Ensure that all relevant data is extracted by this date.
- If you decide to cancel or terminate the SAP Cloud for Customer subscription contract, please align with the account executives, customer success managers, customer engagement executives, or sales executives.
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After the termination agreement, the data return process is initiated. Both master data and transaction data are returned, Ensure that all relevant data is extracted.
- Refer to: https://help.sap.com/docs/sap-cloud-for-customer/sap-cloud-for-customer-operations-provisioning-guide/cancellation-or-termination-of-sap-cloud-for-customer-subscription?q=tenant+termination#master-data
Note:
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The tenant or URL is terminated on the contract end date.
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On the 15th day of termination, the tenant or URL is physically deleted from the landscape.
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Post another 14 days, the backup is also deleted and all traces are completely removed.
See Also
- https://help.sap.com/docs/sap-cloud-for-customer/sap-cloud-for-customer-operations-provisioning-guide/cancellation-or-termination-of-sap-cloud-for-customer-subscription?q=tenant+termination#master-data
- https://help.sap.com/docs/sap-cloud-for-customer/sap-cloud-for-customer-operations-provisioning-guide/decommission-tenant?q=tenant+termination
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