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Retention period

A retention period is the set length of time for which data or records are kept before they are deleted or destroyed.

In plain English

It is a fixed amount of time, not an indefinite one. During that span, data or records are kept, and when it ends they are deleted or destroyed.

In context

Here, "retention period" names the length of time the information says data or records are kept before deletion or destruction.

Situation
Notification, privacy, data-export, and account-deletion settings
What it communicates
names the time span discussed in retention or deletion information

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say which data or records are involved or what the length of time is.

Examples

“The retention period for visitor logs is one year, and the office shreds them when that year ends.”

Core meaning

“The notice lists a retention period of 30 days for account records.”

In context