Data Retention

MetaDefender Cloud Email Security™ stores different types of data across multiple systems. Each data type has its own retention period, designed to balance operational needs, security analysis, and privacy considerations.

Overview of Retention Periods

Data Store

What it contains

Default Retention

Content

Raw email data and attachments (Quarantined, Sanitized original etc.)

30 days

Metadata

Email records (sender, recipient, subject, status, comments, activity history etc.)

90 days

Statistics

Aggregated statistics used for dashboards

365 days