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Data Retention Policy Review

Meaning

Data Retention Policy Review is the mandatory, systematic evaluation of the organizational rules and procedures that dictate the duration for which personal physiological data, including sensitive hormonal measurements and genetic sequencing results, must be stored, archived, or permanently destroyed. This critical clinical governance process ensures that the duration of data storage is both legally compliant with healthcare regulations and ethically justifiable based on the initial purpose of data collection. The review must balance the long-term clinical necessity of longitudinal data for patient care against the inherent privacy risk of prolonged data retention.