CMA Data retention policy
The CMA’s policy on how records are managed, retained and disposed of.
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The data which the CMA creates, receives, or maintains including data inherited from its predecessor organisations (the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission) is subject to the requirements of this Data Retention Policy. CMA data should only be kept for as long as there is an administrative need to keep it, to carry out business or support functions, or for as long as it is required to demonstrate compliance for audit purposes or for legislative requirements. Legislative requirements include, but are not limited to, compliance with the Public Record Acts (selection and disposition of records), the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, the Competition Law Act 1998, the Enterprise Act 2002, the UK Internal Market Act 2020, the Lord Chancellor’s Code of Practice on Records Management contained in the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR.