# Offboarding

## Account and Access

Oscar users will keep their access to Oscar as long as their Brown account are still active. To be able to access Oscar account after a user's Brown account is deactivated, the user needs to[ get an affiliate account](https://ithelp.brown.edu/kb/articles/request-a-brown-account-for-an-affiliate) through the department the user is associated.

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It is the best that your affiliate account keeps the same username as your previous Brown account. Otherwise, please contact <support@ccv.brown.edu> to migrate your Oscar account to your affiliate account.
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If you are not able to connect to Oscar with your affiliate account, please contact <support@ccv.brown.edu> for help.
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## Data

### Data Retention

Your data (directories and files) will stay in Oscar for **one years** after your Brown account is deactivated. After that your data will be archived.

### Date Deletion

You may delete your data when you leave Brown University. Or you may request that CCV delete your data on Oscar, especially if you have lots of data.

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A PI owns the PI's data directories and can delete all files there.
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### Retrieve Data

You can [download data](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/managing-files/filetransfer) from Oscar. Globus is recommended for large data transfer.

## Billing

If you are a PI and want to keep your priority accounts and/or data directories after leaving Brown University, please contact <support@ccv.brown.edu> to update your billing information.


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