Data belonging to a former user

When a user no longer has a valid account on the clusters any files belonging to them on home are removed from the servers. They will remain on backup for 6 months after the user leaves EPFL. The head of the laboratory is responsible for ensuring that these data are correctly managed. They can ask for a retrieval from backup.

The /work file-system is divided by laboratory and, as directories of users who leave EPFL cannot be deleted by their colleagues, an intervention is required. Any "professional data" of users who leave EPFL should be passed on to "a person designated by the head of the unit" (translated from LEX 6.1.4, Article 25). Please contact us to change the ownership of any files/folders to a person designated by the responsible of the group that can assess the value of the data and handle it accordingly (delete or archive).

Once a user is no longer accredited, files belonging to them in scratch can be deleted without notice.