Personal Data Policy for former employees

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.038315

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please could you tell me, what is your policy regarding the retention and deletion of personal details of former employees, i.e. names, addresses, contact details, etc.?

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Please note the MPS have a large number of systems that hold personal data which is held both electronically as well as paper based.

That being said, the detail requested centres around a personal record and so the general policy is that HR records are held until an employee is age 85 or 7 years after the end of employment, whichever is later.