9.4.6—Hard-copy materials with cardholder data are destroyed when no longer needed for business or legal reasons, as follows: Materials are cross-cut shredded, incinerated, or pulped so that cardholder data cannot be reconstructed.
>Requirement Description
Hard-copy materials with cardholder data are destroyed when no longer needed for business or legal reasons, as follows: Materials are cross-cut shredded, incinerated, or pulped so that cardholder data cannot be reconstructed. Materials are stored in secure storage containers prior to destruction. Applicability Notes These requirements for media destruction when that media is no longer needed for business or legal reasons are separate and distinct from PCI DSS Requirement 3.2.1, which is for securely deleting cardholder data when no longer needed per the entity’s cardholder data retention policies.
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