The right to keep vs. the obligation to delete: Navigating data retention, data minimization and legal holds
Contributors:
Wanne Pemmelaar
CEO & co-founder
filerskeepers
Brought to you by filerskeepers
Broadcast date: 10 Nov. 2026
Time: 11:00–12:00 PST, 14:00–15:00 EST, 19:00–20:00 CET
Organizations are under increasing pressure to keep less data while simultaneously preserving more of it. And with the onset of the AI agentic era this problem is only becoming bigger.
Privacy laws demand data minimization. Litigation requires preservation. Industry regulations impose retention obligations. The challenge isn't understanding these requirements individually; it's knowing how to satisfy all of them at the same time.
Join filerskeepers for a practical discussion on building retention programs that hold up across legal, regulatory and privacy requirements simultaneously.
Key takeaways:
- Understand where retention, legal holds and data minimization obligations intersect and where they conflict.
- Develop practical approaches for making defensible keep-versus-delete decisions.
- Identify which data categories create the highest conflict between privacy and preservation requirements.
- Spot the governance gaps that typically go unnoticed until litigation or an audit surfaces them.
- Build retention policies that remain effective as regulations and business requirements evolve.
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Eligible CPEs: AIGP, CIPP/A, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM and CIPT.
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