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Security, Privacy and Compliance

What Is a Data Retention Policy?

Rules for how long different types of records are kept and when they are deleted.

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

Retention policies reduce risk and storage costs, but they must be suspended for information under legal hold. Software that connects the two prevents accidental deletion of evidence.

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Related Terms

Legal hold
An instruction to preserve information that may be relevant to a reasonably anticipated or pending legal matter, suspending normal deletion.
Information governance
Managing information across its whole life, including creation, classification, storage, access, retention and disposal, to meet legal and business needs.

General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.