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description: When situations require you to do so, prevent the processing of your customers’ data. We give guidance to help you restrict forms of data processing. That way, you can work toward complying with the laws that are important to your company.
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# Restrict Data Processing for Loyalty Management

When situations require you to do so, prevent the processing of your customers’ data. We give guidance to help you restrict forms of data processing. That way, you can work toward complying with the laws that are important to your company.

### Required Editions

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Some laws and regulations can require you and your company to sometimes restrict the processing of your customers’ data. We’ve listed a few of the laws that are important to many companies collecting and processing their customers’ data.If you encounter situations that require you to restrict data processing for any of your customers, review these common requests and the procedures related to them.

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          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d37609e69">Common Customer Request</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d37609e72">Actions to Consider</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d37609e75">Things to Consider</th>
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          <td data-label="Common Customer Request" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37609e69 ">My company has received a legal hold for certain loyalty member records.</td>

          <td data-label="Actions to Consider" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37609e72 ">
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=exporting_data.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Export Data</a>
            </p>
          </td>

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            <p>Export the customer’s data to retain it. You can also add notes for any other
              restrictions to processing until the legal hold is lifted.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;"> The implementation
              partner must ensure that they do not process inactive members.</p>
          </td>

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          <td data-label="Common Customer Request" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37609e69 ">My loyalty program member told me that the personal data we have on file for them
            is inaccurate. Because of those errors, they want us to stop processing their data
            until we’ve verified the data’s accuracy. </td>

          <td data-label="Actions to Consider" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37609e72 ">
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=exporting_data.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Export Data</a>
            </p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=basics_deleting_records.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Delete Records</a>
            </p>
          </td>

          <td data-label="Things to Consider" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37609e75 ">
            <p>Export the customer’s data to retain it. Then, delete the data from Salesforce.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Work with your customer to verify the data’s accuracy. Then, get their approval to
              resume processing the data.</p>
          </td>

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          <td data-label="Common Customer Request" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37609e69 ">My loyalty program member canceled their participation in the loyalty program.
            Although we no longer need the data, the customer asked that we keep it because
            they’re involved in a legal proceeding that possibly needs the data.</td>

          <td data-label="Actions to Consider" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37609e72 ">
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=exporting_data.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Export Data</a>
            </p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=basics_deleting_records.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Delete Records</a>
            </p>
          </td>

          <td data-label="Things to Consider" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d37609e75 ">
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Export the customer’s data to retain it. Then, delete the data from Salesforce.</p>
          </td>

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- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), European Union
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, United States