Check stated retention periods API
Read retention periods stated by the caller. A period counts only as days, months, years, account lifetime, or until deletion. Months are not converted to days, and no statutory period is invented.
The Check stated retention periods operation is part of the Privacy Operations API on BRAINIAC.software. Read retention periods stated by the caller. A period counts only as days, months, years, account lifetime, or until deletion. Months are not converted to days, and no statutory period is invented. It is exposed as POST /api/v1/privacy-operations/data-retention-policy-check and priced at $0.04 USDC on Base. Payment uses the x402 exact scheme: an unpaid call returns HTTP 402 with payment requirements; after paying the exact USDC amount, retry the same request with a payment-signature header and Idempotency-Key. No account and no API key are required. Data sources for this product: Policies, notices, and records supplied in the request. Limitations: This is not a GDPR compliance determination or a legal conclusion. Categories, purposes, retention periods, and stated legal bases come only from labeled fields. Direct identifiers are not copied into the response. No external customer record is accessed or deleted. A missing item means it was not in the supplied documents. Outputs are compliance prechecks, drafts, or data lookups for human review. They are not official determinations, legal advice, identity confirmation, or certified filings. Related operations in this group include Audit privacy policy structure, Extract a personal data inventory, Compare a policy and a notice, Audit cookie consent configuration. Open the group documentation for the full request schema, field notes, and response examples before integrating.
/api/v1/privacy-operations/data-retention-policy-checkExample request
curl -i -X POST "https://www.brainiac.software/api/v1/privacy-operations/data-retention-policy-check" \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-H 'Idempotency-Key: <fresh-64-character-random-hex-key>' \
--data-binary @- <<'JSON'
{
"categories": [
{
"name": "account email",
"purpose": "sign in",
"basis": "contract",
"retention": "30 days"
},
{
"name": "support notes",
"purpose": "support",
"basis": "consent",
"retention": "soon"
}
],
"requirements": [
{
"kind": "category",
"name": "billing"
}
]
}
JSONAn unpaid probe returns HTTP 402 with x402 payment requirements. After paying the exact USDC amount on Base, retry the identical request with a payment-signature header.
FAQ
- Do I need an API key? No. Pay the listed USDC amount with x402.
- What network? Base (eip155:8453), USDC.
- Is this an official determination? No. Results are for human review against the cited sources.
Related operations
- Audit privacy policy structure — $0.04 USDC
- Extract a personal data inventory — $0.04 USDC
- Compare a policy and a notice — $0.05 USDC
- Audit cookie consent configuration — $0.04 USDC