Which Countries Have Data Retention Laws?
Data Retention Laws in Different Countries:
Country Data Retention Period Status of data retention regime
Brazil No such has been passed.
Bulgaria 1 year but if requested then for another six months. Suspended twice in 2008 and 2015.
Cyprus Six months Suspended by the court.
Czech Republic Declared unconstitutional.

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Beside this, how long can companies keep your data for?

In practice, we find that most employers delete former employee data at some point after the end of the minimum required statutory period, but long before the expiry of a seven-year period (six years being the period within which an employee could issue a breach-of-contract claim plus one year for the period of time

Additionally, what are retention rules? Each retention rule specifies the conditions under which a set of emails is either retained or deleted, and the time period that applies. A retention rule consists of an action, a time period and a set of conditions. The action can be either “hold” or “delete”.

Subsequently, question is, why have a data retention policy?

The operational reason for implementing a data retention policy involves proper data backup. An organization's backup data helps it recover in the event of data loss. A policy is important to make sure the organization has the right data and the right amount of data backed up.

What is surveillance and data retention?

Data retention defines the policies of persistent data and records management for meeting legal and business data archival requirements. Location data is also collected. The primary objective in government data retention is traffic analysis and mass surveillance.

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What is your personal data worth?

The data of an average American is worth between $0.20 and $0.40. Facebook has about 190 million users in the U.S., so we estimate that Facebook can make between $38 million and $76 million from selling such data points on American users.

What is sensitive personal data?

Sensitive Personal Data. Definition under the GDPR: data consisting of racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation.
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