Your company's legal department has issued a litigation hold that requires you to preserve all data related to a specific project. You need to ensure that all data for this project, including…

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Options

• ACreate a hold in Google Vault that includes all users and data sources associated with the project.
• BAssign an Archived User license to all users involved in the project.
• CSet up a retention rule in Google Vault that retains all data from Gmail and Drive indefinitely.
• DExport all project related data from Google Workspace and store the data in a separate, secure

• A
  84% (16)
• B
  5% (1)
• D
  11% (2)

Explanation

Google Vault Holds are specifically designed for litigation holds. A hold places a legal preservation on data for specific users, organizational units, or data sources (Gmail, Drive, Chat, Meet, Groups), and prevents that data from being deleted - even by users or retention rules - for as long as the hold is active. This directly satisfies the legal requirement to preserve data indefinitely and prevent deletion. Option B (Archived User license) is for managing former employees' accounts, not preserving specific project data. Option C (retention rule) sets a general retention period for all data matching a pattern, but does not target specific project stakeholders nor does it override user deletions in the same enforceable legal-hold manner. Option D (exporting via Takeout) removes data from Workspace, breaks the chain of custody, and does not prevent ongoing creation and deletion of new data.

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