53It is thus unequivocally clear from the wording of that article that the principle of ‘storage limitation’ requires the controller to be able to demonstrate, in accordance with the principle of accountability referred to in paragraph 24 of the present judgment, that personal data are kept only for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or for which they have been further processed.
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