## Apply Complete & Consistent Retention Policies Across All Your Data

- Create and enforce granular retention policies across structured, unstructured, on-prem, and cloud data
- Centralize fragmented rules into one platform to reduce silos, duplication, and misalignment
- Align IT, legal, compliance, and security with unified, business-context-aware retention

## Automate Data Retention & Deletion at Scale

- Enforce retention schedules and deletion policies across hybrid and multi-cloud environments
- Automatically trigger the deletion of expired or unnecessary data directly at the source
- Address privacy, security, and operational mandates are met across the full data lifecycle

## Map Retention Policies to Global Regulations

- Align policies to meet requirements from GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and more
- Dynamically adjust retention based on location, record type, and regulation changes
- Streamline regulatory audits with defensible documentation and policy history

## Streamline Retention Workflows With Built-In Intelligence

- Surface retention violations, over-retained data, and redundant records
- Kick off automated workflows to delete, quarantine, or flag data based on business rules
- Get intelligent recommendations on policy gaps, risk reduction, and cleanup targets

### Policy-Driven Retention

- Apply consistent retention policies across cloud, SaaS, and on-prem environments
- Tailor rules based on record type, data sensitivity, location, and usage context
- Mitigate data silos with a single system of record for retention governance

### Automated Retention & Minimization

- Automatically apply policies to retain what’s necessary — and delete what’s not
- Identify and remove data that no longer serves business or compliance needs
- Reduce exposure by minimizing your retained data footprint

### Native Deletion at the Source

- Delete data directly from its original system — no manual intervention needed
- Enforce deletion across hybrid environments with built-in API connectivity
- Reduce operational risk and improve remediation speed

### Retention Scheduling with Business Context

- Define retention timelines with built-in business metadata and record types
- No SQL or scripting required — tailor policies through intuitive, no-code interfaces
- Track what’s been retained, deleted, or flagged at every step

### Regulatory Retention Mapping

- Map retention rules directly to privacy frameworks and compliance mandates
- Help data governance align with evolving legal obligations globally
- Address compliance with automated reporting and traceable audit trails

### Retention Risk Investigation & Reporting

- Investigate retention violations and identify risky or stale data
- Prioritize issues and assign workflows to the right teams
- Maintain a full audit log of all actions for legal and regulatory proof

## Don’t Just Write Data Policies. Enforce Them.

BigID turns retention strategy into automated execution — helping you reduce risk, cut cost, and address compliance.