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19.06.2025

Legal hold and GDPR: is it about preserving evidence or protecting data?

European companies with business relationships in the US often run the risk of becoming embroiled in pre-trial discovery proceedings. Under US civil law, they must then freeze and retain any information that could be relevant to the legal dispute until the proceedings conclude — potentially for many years.