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data retention schedule

/ˈdeɪtə rɪˈtɛnʃən ˈskɛdʒuːl/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A document specifying when data will be deleted, ratified by an organization that has never deleted anything.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A documented policy stating how long each record class is kept and when it must be disposed.

Promoted

See also

data dispositionThe least-rehearsed verb in the data lifecycle, and the first one a regulator asks you to demonstrate.
keep everything for aiData minimization's opposite, sponsored at the executive level, filed under strategy rather than under risk.
records managementA lifecycle with a thorough creation stage, a generous storage stage, and a disposition stage observed mainly in theory.