---
id: "data-retention"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "data retention"
language: "en"
category: "Registration data and privacy"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/data-retention/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/conservacion-datos/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/datenaufbewahrung/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/conservation-donnees/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/conservazione-dati/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/retencao-dados/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/khranenie-dannykh/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/shuju-baoliu/"
---

# data retention

The rule on how long a registrar must keep registration records after it stops serving a domain. The Registration Data Policy sets a minimum of 15 months for the data needed in transfer disputes. Privacy law favors short periods, investigators want longer ones, and national law can add its own requirements.

## related terms

- [Registration Data Policy](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registration-data-policy/)
- [RAA](https://tldlog.com/glossary/raa/)
- [GDPR](https://tldlog.com/glossary/gdpr/)
- [registration data](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registration-data/)
- [registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrar/)