Time limits for storage of personal data

Personal data are stored for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed. When personal data are no longer required for the purposes of their processing, they are destroyed, with the exception of those personal data which, in the cases laid down by laws or other legal acts regulating data storage, must be transferred for storage in accordance with the Republic of Lithuania Law on Documents and Archives, its implementing legislation and other legal acts regulating the storage of such documents.

After the expiry of the time limit for storage of personal data, it may be extended if  the Ministry of Finance determines that the storage of personal data continues to be necessary, in particular, taking into account the need to use personal data as evidence in a pre-trial or other investigation, including an investigation conducted by the State Data Protection Inspectorate, in civil, administrative or criminal proceedings or in other cases established by law.

The documents containing personal data are kept pursuant to the Republic of Lithuania Law on Documents and Archives and implementing legislation and to the annual documentation plan of the Ministry of Finance approved by the Chancellor of the Ministry of Finance. The documents (files) transmitted for custody are stored in the Document Repository of the Ministry of Finance until they are transferred to the new State Archives of Lithuania.

Where personal data are processed on the basis of a consent or a legitimate interest, the time limit for storage is set out in the records of data processing activities and in the consent or in the conclusion of the assessment of the legitimate interest.

Personal data are stored in the state information systems and/or registers of the Ministry of Finance for no longer than specified in the regulations of the state information system and/or register (more detailed information is available here).