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Privacy Act 2020

Principle 9 states that an organisation should not keep personal information for longer than it is required for the purpose it may lawfully be used.

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Privacy Act 2020 reference

Information privacy principle 9
Agency not to keep personal information for longer than necessary

An agency that holds personal information must not keep that information for longer than is required for the purposes for which the information may lawfully be used.