You've got to comply with regulations that force you to keep your data around for a period of time, but what happens to it ...

You've got to comply with regulations that force you to keep your data around for a period of time, but what happens to it after that? To make sure you aren't taking on unecessary risk, you'll want to make sure it's deleted. Deletion polices can make sure content older than a certain age and not on hold is removed.