Data Retention Policy 

A data retention policy, or records retention policy, is an organization's established protocol for retaining information for operational or regulatory compliance needs. 

When writing a data retention policy, you need to determine how to: 

• Organize information so it can be searched and accessed at a later date 

• Dispose of information that is no longer needed 

How To Create Organization Data Retention By Data Location

1. Go to your Security and Compliance Centre. 

2. Click on Data Governance and then Retention. 

3. Click Create. 

4. After filling out the details, click Next. 

5. Click Use Advanced Retention Settings. 

6. Click Detect content that contains specific words or phrases drop-down. 

7. Click Next. 

8. Click Next. 

9. Click Next. 

10. Click Let me choose specific locations. 

11. Click Next. 

12. Click Create This Policy.