Change Personal Data Retention Periods

In the list of policies in Person Management > Policies, the Retention column shows the data retention length value and the Period column shows the units of time. You can change the retention period for each type of personal data for each country.

For EU countries, each policy has a recommended length, which is the default value. You can adjust retention policies for EU countries to be up to one year longer than the recommended length. If you enter a new value that is outside the recommended range, Dayforce shows an error message. For countries outside of the EU, you can set any value for the retention period.

For example, to change the recruiting policy for Austria so that candidate data is retained for 24 months instead of 1 year:

1. Go to System Admin > Data Management Center.
2. Go to the Person Management > Policies tab.
3. Click 1 in the Retention column for the Austria Recruiting policy.
4. Enter the new length of 24.
5. Click the Period column for the Austria Recruiting policy.
6. In the drop-down list, select Month(s).
7. Click Save.