Set by the law · GDPR Art. 5(1)(e)

Storage limitation

In plain English

Personal data must not be kept in a form that identifies people for longer than the purpose of the processing requires.

The official text

kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed; … (‘storage limitation’)

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