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1. The data which the CMA creates, receives or maintains including data inherited from its predecessor departments (the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission) is subject to this Data Retention Policy. “Legislative requirements include, but are not limited to, compliance with the Public Record Act 1958 (selection and disposition of records), the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, the Competition Law Act 1998, the Code of Practice on the Management of Records issued under section 46 the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR.” Retention periods

   In Compliance

2. To comply with the administrative and legislative requirements described above, a retention period for the data based on one of the options listed below needs to be agreed with the Records Management Team and the Senior Departmental Records Officer (DRO). “The retention period is defined as the specified time following the last entry, financial year, case or project closure or the date the data is superseded, depending on the type of data and or its context.” The defined retention periods applied within the CMA are:

   In Prospect data retention periods

3. To comply with the administrative and legislative requirements described above, a retention period for the data based on one of the options listed below needs to be agreed with the Records Management Team and the Senior Departmental Records Officer (DRO). “The retention period is defined as the specified time following the last entry, financial year, case or project closure or the date the data is superseded, depending on the type of data and or its context.” The defined retention periods applied within the CMA are:

   In Retention trigger rules

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