Usual practices indicate that organizations used to retain old data out of their own discretion or due to data's business value.

通常的经验表明，组织会从自身决策角度出发，或者是根据数据的业务价值来保留旧的数据。

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Such discretion allowed him to retain his standing as the Empire rose to power.

谨言慎行使他在帝国掌权时保住了自己的地位。

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As for the other half, he wants the university to retain discretion over which students to admit, including the discretion to consider race.

ECONOMIST: Affirmative action

In designing bonus plans, Committees continue to retain flexible discretion in post-IPO bonus plans to accommodate the evolutionary nature of their business models.

FORBES: Paying Top Talent after the IPO