Associative representational plasticity (ARP) possesses the major attributes of associative memory: it is highly specific, discriminative, rapidly acquired, consolidates over hours and days and can be retained indefinitely.
Section 3 4) of the Public Records Act, says documents can be retained, indefinitely, by Whitehall departments "for administrative or any other special reason".
He says that by October 2015 about 1,900 cases had been reviewed and it was decided that 217 should be retained indefinitely for national security reasons.
Am I subject to your program?" Lieu expressed concern that his social media activity would be eligible for inclusion up to the moment of his naturalization — and retained indefinitely.
In addition to those retained indefinitely under the Public Records Act's section 3(4) are those marked "T" – meaning they are "temporarily retained", though there is no way of knowing when they will be released.
Significantly, the act amends the Police and Criminal Evidence Act to allow fingerprints and DNA samples to be retained indefinitely where they "were taken from a person in connection with the investigation of an offence".
Alan Johnson, the shadow chancellor of the exchequer, regards the new 50% top rate of income tax as a temporary, revenue-raising necessity, while his leader sees it as a guarantor of fairness to be retained indefinitely.
Mr. Pearlman said in that letter, three classes of voicemail and e-mail were recognized: transitory, which do not have to be retained; less-than-permanent, which have to be retained for a various lengths of time depending on the category; and archival records, which must be retained indefinitely.
Under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, fingerprints and DNA samples taken from a person arrested during the course of an investigation can be retained indefinitely on the National DNA Database, regardless of whether the suspect is charged or convicted of an offence.
"Through the Protection of Freedoms Act we are restoring common sense to the system by ensuring only those convicted of a criminal offence will have their DNA retained indefinitely … All DNA samples taken by police are checked against the national database before deletion".
"Nuclear arsenals will have to be retained indefinitely, not just as a weapon of last resort, or as a deterrent against a nuclear attack, but as an ordinary tool in the military armoury, to be used in the resolution of conflicts, and even in pre-emptive strikes, should political contingencies demand it.
