Personal Data Protection Act 2012 s 25

s 25 Retention of personal data

25. An organisation must cease to retain its documents containing personal data, or remove the means by which the personal data can be associated with particular individuals, as soon as it is reasonable to assume that —(a) the purpose for which that personal data was collected is no longer being served by retention of the personal data; and (b) retention is no longer necessary for legal or business purposes.

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