The Retention Imperative: Turning Privacy Obligations into Operational Practice

Date: September 25, 2025 | Time: 2:00 PM Central European Time

As privacy laws evolve across jurisdictions, organizations face growing pressure to implement data retention policies that are not only legally defensible, but also operationally sustainable. What used to be a compliance afterthought is now a central part of privacy governance — subject to regulatory scrutiny, internal audits, and business constraints.

In this session, filerskeepers and PrivacyPerfect explore how privacy expectations are reshaping the data retention landscape — and what it takes to move from legal interpretation to practical execution.

We will dive into:

  • How global privacy shifts are redefining what defensible, efficient retention looks like.
  • Translating legal retention requirements into actionable data within Records of Processing Activities (RoPA), bridging compliance with real-world application.
  • The kinds of decisions organizations must make — balancing legal mandates, technical capabilities, and operational realities.
  • The strategic integration of retention schedules into RoPA as a foundation that ties privacy governance directly to daily operations with legal justification.

Meet the Speakers

Wanne Pemmelaar

CEO & Co-founder, filerskeepers and Lawstronaut

Wanne is a top-tier data and tech lawyer and 3x entrepreneur who loves building tech solutions to legal problems he has experienced firsthand. Wanne has over a decade of work experience as a legal practitioner. When it comes to developing products, he insists on stellar design and a commitment to user empathy. As a data and tech lawyer, Wanne’s passion is assisting companies to navigate the legal landscape against the backdrop of exponential data and tech developments.

Nicoline Matser

CEO, PrivacyPerfect

Nicoline is an IT executive with a passion for turning complex regulations into strategic advantage. She has held senior leadership roles in the technology sector, guiding organisations through growth and transformation. With a focus on governance, risk, and compliance, she unites privacy compliance, information security, vendor risk management, and AI risk management in one integrated GRC platform. As CEO of PrivacyPerfect, her mission is to help companies worldwide stay compliant with embedded legislation — from a Forever Free version for small businesses to Pro, Enterprise, and Multi-tenant solutions for complex multinationals. Her goal is to make compliance accessible and future-proof, empowering organisations to build lasting trust in a digital world.

Meet the Partners

filerskeepers simplifies the complexities of building a data retention schedule, helping businesses confidently determine how long to store data. Our dashboard enables companies like yours to build bespoke records retention schedules in minutes, integrate them seamlessly, and receive real-time regulatory updates—ensuring you can effectively manage data, reduce risk, and ensure legal compliance. Based on all the laws in the world.

PrivacyPerfect is redefining the way you manage information, risk, and compliance by providing data privacy solutions that simplify the management of compliance activities and elevate your privacy management to global standards. Their platform is designed to assist organizations in automating data mapping, processing activities, and impact assessments, ensuring compliance with stringent data protection standards such as the GDPR.