Data retention

Data retention rules govern how long data must (or may) be kept. Some jurisdictions impose mandatory minimums — EU member states had mandatory telecoms data retention under the now-invalidated Data Retention Directive; many countries still mandate 7-year retention of billing records for tax compliance. Other rules impose maxima — GDPR requires deletion when the original processing purpose is exhausted.

For offshore hosts, the relevant retention question is what the host itself keeps about you. SilentHosts retains active-account data while you have an account, then erases it 90 days post-cancellation. Billing records are kept 7 years for tax compliance (Seychelles' generally applicable rule). Support tickets are kept 12 months. IP addresses of last logins are rotated every 90 days. Operational logs of customer VPS contents are NOT collected. Privacy Policy specifies the per-category retention.