{"id":5249,"date":"2024-09-24T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=5249"},"modified":"2025-02-06T07:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T13:47:49","slug":"understanding-data-collection-minimization-retention-deletion-necessity","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/resource\/understanding-data-collection-minimization-retention-deletion-necessity\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Data Collection, Minimization, Retention, Deletion, and Necessity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<section id=\"block_47e028197f2b509c67baa85324a9fe36\" class=\"resource-intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/res-feat-city-purple-test.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/res-feat-city-purple-test.png 610w, https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/res-feat-city-purple-test-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/res-feat-city-purple-test-560x140.png 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"sub-title block uppercase\">Infographic<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Understanding Data Collection, Minimization, Retention, Deletion, and Necessity<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\t<section id=\"block_b42939dbf9d6e8abaf0e659b90372155\" class=\"columns-two\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Balancing data collection: Minimize risks, maximize efficiency<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to the Privacy PowerUp Series &#8211; designed to help professionals master the privacy essentials. This is infographic number two of ten in the series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Understand the benefits and risks of data collection, why less data is actually more, and the five tips for implementing <a href=\"\/resource\/data-minimization-gdpr-ccpa-privacy-laws\/\">data minimization<\/a> to PowerUp your privacy program.<\/p>\n<p>Download the infographic to understand the foundations of data collection, minimization, retention, deletion, and necessity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5250\" src=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/thumb-powerup-infographic-02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/thumb-powerup-infographic-02.png 300w, https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/thumb-powerup-infographic-02-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"btn-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Data-collection-minimization-retention-deletion-necessity-Privacy-PowerUp-02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"btn\"><span>Download the infographic<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the foundation of data collection, minimization, retention, deletion, and necessity. 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