Deleting contacts after x years with SugarBPM

Question

Hi, 
 I am wondering if it is possible to set up SugarBPM so that It automatically deletes contacts (the whole profile of that person) after a set number of years? I am wondering because of GDPR. 
 Thanks in advance! 
 Rob

Robin Rosencrantz · Accepted Answer

Hi Rob As you may know, there is Data Privacy module in OOTB Sugar It helps to manage "Requests to erase information" for selected Contacts/Leads/Targets/Accounts records The procedure is described in details in the docs: support.sugarcrm.com/.../ note, that it wipes out not only PII data from the record itself but also data from the Audit Log, so it does much more then just clearing the fields. There is no possibility to initiate erase in another way than to click the "Erase and Complete" button in each Data Privacy record view. 
 However, I would suggest a semiautomatic solution 
 A. Establish let's say 12 Data Privacy records of type "Request to erase information" per year (it should take up to 10 minutes of manual work to add then even for the next 5 years) B. Setup a BPM workflow that will trigger for a new Contact record and call BPM extension designed in Logic Builder for Sugar that will automatically: - find the Data Privacy record of type "Request to erase information" scheduled in X months from Contact createdate and link Contact to that record. - Mark to Erase all the PII fields that belong to the linked Contact 
 Hence, each of 12 Data Privacy records will contain all the Contacts and their PII fields to erase that month with a bulk "Erase and Complete" operation. Therefore, once in a month, the admin will open the corresponding Data Privacy record and wipe out all the PII data for all the Contacts in a click, and using OOTB Sugar functionality 
 All the best, 
 Dmytro.

Robin Rosencrantz · Answer

Hello Niklas Johansson and greetings to all Exsitec colleagues :) At the very moment when the Contact record is registered, it could be related to the Data Privacy record along with automatic processing I suggested. Involving development for coding is always an option However, it could be done with configuring to keep process adjustable with no programming In general, there are 2 steps: 1. Design the SugarBPM Process, that is applied to New Contacts Records Only: 
 2. Configure data manipulations for the process element in Logic Builder interface In example below, I related Contact to Data Privacy record please follow the white stripe to read As a result, if there is a number of Data Privacy records 
 and there is one that has due date 6 months ahead from today 
 then the Contact created today will be related to that Privacy Record with SugarBPM: 
 Please drop me a line if you have any questions about configuring with no coding in Sugar or need more details about your case All the Best, Dmytro

Robin Rosencrantz · Answer

Hi Robin 
 Please note it should be enough to wipe out PII fields only, not the whole record. But if you like to delete the record, is there a criterion for selecting contacts to delete? e.g. consent is expired? or delete the contact x years old (from createdate), regardless of the contact's timeline in CRM? 
 WBR, 
 Dmytro