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Data retention

Data retention defines the policies of persistent data and records management for meeting legal and business data archival requirements. Although sometimes interchangeable, it is not to be confused with the Data Protection Act 1998.

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Data retention

Nodes122
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Triples180
Avg. degree1.98
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Data retention

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related to External links · 108
Data retention → Akdeniz, Alessandro Acquisti, Amsterdam Social Science, Anti-terrorism, April, Archived, Asser Press, Auerbach Publications, Blanket Traffic Data Retention, Boehm, Bowden, Breyer, Centre, CEP, Closed Circuit Television For, Cole, Communications Data Retention, Computer, Consultation, Controversies
related to Australia · 10
Data retention → AU, Australian, In, Internet, ISPs, It, The, The Attorney-General, The Greens, The Labor Party
related to Initiative against extensive data retention · 10
Data retention → An, BKA, Crime Agency, German Working Group, Germany, Internet, January, NGO AK Vorrat, The Arbeitskreis, The Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung
related to European Union · 9
Data retention → Data Retention Directive, Directive, European Union, Identify, It, March, Member States, On, Trace
related to Privacy enhancing tools · 9
Data retention → Due, For, I2P, In I2P, It, Mixmaster, The, The Anonymous Network, Tor
related to Opposition · 8
Data retention → Data, For, London, Madrid, Spain, The, United Kingdom, While
related to Implementation · 7
Data retention → By, CDRs, In, IPDRs, Location, The, These
see also · 6
Data retention → Data, NSA, PrivacySecrecy, Protection Act, Retention DirectiveComputer, The Anonymous Network
related to Norway · 4
Data retention → Directive, January, Norwegian, The EU's Data Retention
is a · 1
Data retention → invasion of privacy and a disproportionate response to the threat of terrorism

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Data retentionis ainvasion of privacy and a disproportionate response to the threat of terrorism0.90text
political opponentsinstance ofan individual's associates and the members of a group0.80text
ProtonMailinstance ofThis notably exempts derived communications providers0.80text
a popular encrypted email service based in Switzerland.United StatesThe National Security Agencyinstance ofThis notably exempts derived communications providers0.80text
PRISMinstance ofdata retention practised by many U.S. commercial organizations through programs0.80text
MUSCULAR.Amazon is known to retain extensive data on customer transactionsinstance ofdata retention practised by many U.S. commercial organizations through programs0.80text
a popular encrypted email service based in Switzerlandinstance ofThis notably exempts derived communications providers0.80text
mandate would be useful is ignoring that some very committed community of crypto professionals has been preparing for such legislation for decadesinstance ofBelieving that0.80text
Data retentionrelated to AustraliaIn0.60section
Data retentionrelated to AustraliaAustralian0.60section
Data retentionrelated to AustraliaThe0.60section
Data retentionrelated to AustraliaAU0.60section

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