

Apart from helping you to comply with the data minimisation and accuracy principles, this also reduces the risk that you will use such data in error – to the detriment of all concerned. Why is storage limitation important?Įnsuring that you erase or anonymise personal data when you no longer need it will reduce the risk that it becomes irrelevant, excessive, inaccurate or out of date.

This is up to you, and will depend on how long you need the data for your specified purposes. The UK GDPR does not set specific time limits for different types of data. There are close links here with the data minimisation and accuracy principles. So, even if you collect and use personal data fairly and lawfully, you cannot keep it for longer than you actually need it. (e) 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 personal data may be stored for longer periods insofar as the personal data will be processed solely for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89(1) subject to implementation of the appropriate technical and organisational measures required by this Regulation in order to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the data subject (‘storage limitation’)” What is the storage limitation principle?
