Retention & Deletion · Company practice
Aetna does not destroy NPI when coverage ends; protections continue
Aetna says it does not destroy NPI when individuals terminate their coverage. It says the information is necessary and used for many of the Section V purposes even after an individual leaves a plan, and in many cases is subject to legal retention requirements. The policies and procedures that protect the information, it says, apply regardless of a member’s status.
Supporting quotations
Aetna does not destroy NPI when individuals terminate their coverage with us. The information is necessary and used for many of the purposes described in Section V, even after an individual leaves a plan, and in many cases is subject to legal retention requirements. However, the policies and procedures that protect that information against inappropriate use and disclosure apply regardless of the status of any individual member.
have policies and procedures in place to protect the information against unlawful use and disclosure.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Retention is tied to continued use for Section V purposes and, “in many cases,” to legal retention requirements.
Not stated here
- The notice gives no retention period and does not say whether NPI is ever destroyed later.