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Securing your data in DNS Services

Securing your data in DNS Services

To ensure that you can securely manage your data when you use IBM Cloud® DNS Services, it is important to know exactly what data is stored and encrypted and how you can delete any stored personal data.

How your data is stored and encrypted in DNS Services

The DNS Services data which includes DNS Services instance, DNS zone, permitted networks and DNS resource records is encrypted at rest in a Cloudant database. The data is also encrypted in transit using SSL.

Deleting your data in DNS Services

After DNS records are deleted from a DNS zone, they are deleted immediately from the database. The DNS zone itself is retained for seven days from deletion.

Deleting DNS Services instances

DNS Services instance data is retained for seven days from deletion.

The DNS Services data retention policy describes how long your data is stored after you delete the service. The data retention policy is included in the DNS Services service description, which you can find in the IBM Cloud Terms and Notices.