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Data Retention & Deletion Policy

data-retention.md·GDPR · Art. 5

Generate a Data Retention & Deletion Policy with retention schedules, legal-hold handling, and secure-deletion methods — key evidence for GDPR and SOC 2.

These clauses are generated as part of your Data Handling Policy rather than as a separate file, which is how most auditors expect to receive them.

What's in the policy

Defines how long data is kept and how it's securely deleted.

Retention schedules by data type
Legal hold and exceptions
Secure deletion and sanitization methods
Backup retention alignment
Customer data deletion (DSAR / right to erasure)
Audit logging of deletions
Mapped toGDPR (Art. 5/17)SOC 2 (CC6.5)ISO 27001HIPAA
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Data Retention & Deletion Policy, answered

How does retention relate to GDPR?

GDPR's storage-limitation principle requires you not to keep personal data longer than needed. A retention schedule plus secure deletion evidences it.

How does Pentest Today generate the policy?

Answer a short intake about your stack and we generate a tailored draft — not a blank template — pre-mapped to the controls your framework requires. You review, edit, and export it.

Can I edit the generated policy?

Yes. Every document is a starting draft you can edit, brand, and export. It's written to be review-ready but stays fully under your control.

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