Transparency data

Review of DBS data retention policy

Report on the review of the Disclosure and Barring Service's data retention policy.

• From: Disclosure and Barring Service
• Published: 7 January 2016

This publication was withdrawn on 6 August 2025

The Data Retention Policy and guides are not considered publicly-facing documents as they hold sensitive information that could be used maliciously.

However, data retention details are available on request through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests or through DBS’ Customer Contact Centre, or the Data Protection mailbox.

Documents

Review of DBS data retention policy

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Details

This review examines DBS’ Data Retention Policy, its application within the organisation and the teams responsible for its implementation.

Published 7 January 2016