{"id":2856,"date":"2026-08-13T11:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.elyxion.eu\/?page_id=2856"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:46:00","slug":"data-retention-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.elyxion.eu\/nl\/trust-center\/data-retention-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Retention Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row top-row porto-inner-container wpb_custom_034b39d9bc6c6b310d69e39f0ccf274f\"><div class=\"porto-wrap-container container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"vc_column_container col-md-12\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_custom_7c91d232724f73626cc933bd95b25ff0\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Important:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This document is a professional draft, not legal advice. It must be reviewed against <strong>elyXion&#8217;s<\/strong> final legal entity details, implemented controls, suppliers, customer contracts, and actual operating practices before publication.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">1. Purpose<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This policy defines principles for retaining and disposing of <strong>elyXion<\/strong> information and personal data.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">2. Principle<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Information is retained only as long as necessary for legitimate business, contractual, security, operational or legal purposes.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">3. Retention Criteria<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Periods consider Dutch and EU legal obligations, contracts, service needs, accounting and tax requirements, investigations, disputes, customer instructions and backup architecture.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">4. Customer Data<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Customer Data is retained according to the Agreement, DPA, service design and documented Customer instructions.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">5. Logs and Backups<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Security and operational logs are retained according to purpose and risk. Deleted information may remain in protected backups until normal expiry and is not intended for ordinary processing.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">6. Disposal<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At the end of retention, information should be securely deleted, anonymised or otherwise rendered inaccessible according to sensitivity and technical context.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed schedules must be reconciled with actual systems and legal obligations before publication.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row top-row vc_custom_1786611790435 vc_row-has-fill porto-inner-container wpb_custom_034b39d9bc6c6b310d69e39f0ccf274f\"><div class=\"porto-wrap-container container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"vc_column_container col-md-6 vc_custom_1786436452278\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_column-inner\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1786446460806 wpb_custom_7c91d232724f73626cc933bd95b25ff0\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\"><strong>Owner:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\">elyXion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\"><strong>Version:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\">1.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_column_container col-md-6\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_column-inner\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1786446473716 wpb_custom_7c91d232724f73626cc933bd95b25ff0\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\"><strong>Last updated:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\">11 Aug 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\"><strong>Status:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\">Draft for legal and operational review<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row row top-row wpb_custom_034b39d9bc6c6b310d69e39f0ccf274f\"><div class=\"vc_column_container col-md-12\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Important: This document is a professional draft, not legal advice. 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