Retention schedule
A documented mapping from data category and purpose to a specific retention period, a trigger event that starts the clock, and the action (deletion, anonymization, or archiving under a named exemption) that occurs at expiry. Organized by purpose rather than by system, and maintained on a review cadence rather than written once.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
A documented mapping from data category and purpose to a specific retention period, a trigger event that starts the clock, and the action (deletion, anonymization, or archiving under a named exemption) that occurs at expiry. Organized by purpose rather than by system, and maintained on a review cadence rather than written once.
A policy, set by counsel in light of applicable recordkeeping law and litigation risk, specifying how long a category of documents must or may be kept before disposal.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- The "we have always had this data" trap: age does not launder a dataset · Consent, Purpose, and the Law of Data, Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP)
- Your Influence Architecture, Documented and Defensible · Compliant Influence Architecture, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.