The competent authority, the information authority and any other entity responsible for enforcing the Preservation Order may not store the data referred to in paragraph 1 beyond the period necessary for the purpose for which they were obtained, processed or transmitted, which in any event shall not be longer than six months after the proceedings have ended, and shall, during that period, ensure the appropriate protection of those data.
Ní fhéadfaidh an t-údarás inniúil, an t-údarás faisnéise ná aon eintiteas eile atá freagrach as forfheidhmiú an Ordaithe um Chaomhnú na sonraí dá dtagraítear i mír 1 a stóráil ar feadh tréimhse níos faide ná an tréimhse is gá chun na críche dá bhfuarthas, dár próiseáladh nó dár tarchuireadh iad, ar tréimhse í nach faide, ar aon chaoi, ná 6 bliana tar éis dheireadh na n-imeachtaí, agus déanfaidh sé a áirithiú, le linn na tréimhse sin, go gcosnófar na sonraí sin go hiomchuí.