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Data Lifecycle & Compliance

Manage data ethically through its entire lifetime

Overview​

Responsible data management requires planning the entire lifecycle: collection, retention, deletion, and audit. Regulations (GDPR, CCPA) mandate data protection, right to erasure, and traceability.

Core Topics​

  • Retention & Archival - Decide how long to keep data. Archive vs delete.
  • PII Classification - Identify sensitive data. Mask, encrypt, tokenize.
  • Right to Erasure - GDPR requirement: delete user data on request.
  • Data Portability - Export user data in standardized format on request.
  • Audit Trails - Log all data access and modifications. Tamper-evident.

Regulatory Framework​

  • GDPR: Personal data rights, right to erasure, data portability (EU)
  • CCPA: Consumer data rights, opt-out (California)
  • HIPAA: Protected health information (Healthcare, US)
  • SOC 2: Security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality
  • ISO 27001: Information security management

Next Steps​

  1. Retention & Archival - plan data lifecycle
  2. PII Classification - identify and protect sensitive data
  3. Right to Erasure - implement deletion mechanisms
  4. Data Portability - enable data export
  5. Audit Trails - maintain compliance records