The Police Data Act (Wpg) outlines three regimes for the retention periods of Article 8 police data:
- Broad access: Under this regime, police data are retained for one year. During this period, investigative officers have wide access to the data.
- Restricted access: Under this regime, police data are retained for four years. Access to the data is limited and can only be granted through a targeted search using a case number by authorized officers.
- For accountability to the AP, audit, and complaint handling: Police data are retained for five years under this regime before being destroyed. During this period, the data are no longer accessible unless required for accountability to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP), internal audits, or complaint handling.