How long will the lawyer keep the client's information?

Five years. If there are customer identity data or transaction records with different retention periods on the same medium, they shall be kept for the longest period. If the same customer identity information or transaction record is stored in different media, at least one media customer identity information or transaction record shall be stored, which meets the above time limit requirements.

Where laws, administrative regulations and other rules require a longer retention period for customer identity data and transaction records, such provisions shall prevail.

Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Customer Identification, Customer Identity Data and Transaction Records of Financial Institutions Article 29 Financial institutions shall keep customer identity data and transaction records according to the following time limits: (1) Customer identity data shall be kept for at least five years from the year when the business relationship ends or the one-time transaction is recorded. (2) The transaction records shall be kept for at least five years from the year when the transaction is recorded.