GDPR-K Article 5(1)(e) - Principles relating to processing of personal data (storage limitation, where the processing reache…
Keep children's personal data for no longer than is necessary for the purposes; shorter periods and automated deletion are Landfall recommendations, not the Article's words
Where this comes from
Provision: Article 5(1)(e) - Principles relating to processing of personal data (storage limitation, where the processing reaches children)
Instrument: General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679
Citation: Regulation (EU) 2016/679, OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, Article 5(1)(e) and Article 5(2); read with Article 17(1)(f) and Recital 65
Text version: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, as adopted (CELEX 32016R0679), read from the Publications Office Cellar manifestation on 2026-09-21 because EUR-Lex served an empty body to non-browser clients; the 2018 corrigendum (OJ L 127, 23.5.2018) was not retrievable, so any correction it made is unverified.
Who it applies to
It applies when all of these are true:
- Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18
- Data retention period — any answer
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Retention schedule exists per data category and is enforced automatically
- Expired data is deleted or anonymized across primary and backup stores
- Children's data retention is minimized and periodically reviewed
- Backup lag does not resurrect data already deleted from primary stores past its window
- A legal hold overrides scheduled deletion and is released cleanly when lifted
Questions people ask
- Does GDPR-K Article 5(1)(e) - Principles relating to processing of personal data (… apply to my service?
- It applies when Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18; Data retention period — any answer.
- From when does this apply?
- GDPR-K Article 5(1)(e) - Principles relating to processing of personal data (… applies from 25 May 2018. Its current status is: in force.
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