Art. 21 Retention periods
1 TSPs and providers of derived communication services with more extensive duties to provide information and conduct surveillance (Art. 22 and 52) must retain and be able to supply the information about the telecommunications services and the information recorded for the purpose of identification for the duration of the customer relationship and for 6 months after its termination. TSPs must retain and be able to supply identification data in accordance with Article 19 paragraph 2 for as long as the right to access the public WLAN access point applies and for 6 months after its expiry. 2 TSPs, with the exception of those with reduced surveillance duties in accordance with Article 51, and providers of derived communication services with more extensive surveillance duties in accordance with Article 52 must retain and be able to supply the following data for the purpose of identification for 6 months:
3 The secondary telecommunications data under paragraph 2 must be destroyed as soon as the retention period has expired, unless other legislation requires or permits such data to be retained for longer. |