Executive Summary

When 55 Degrees set out to scale its Atlassian Cloud usage – primarily in their home region of Europe – they knew that customer trust and regulatory compliance had to scale with it. The team needed a way to consistently enforce their internal retention policies, especially when it came to customer and prospect personal data. With Opus Guard’s Content Retention Manager, they gained automation, visibility, and peace of mind. Today, personal data is automatically removed when it expires, and their corporate counsel couldn’t be happier.

"Opus Guard has made compliance feel like less of a burden and more of a competitive advantage. Our counsel is thrilled, and we’re confident that our practices reflect our values around privacy and transparency."
– Julia Wester, CEO, 55 Degrees

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About 55 Degrees

55 Degrees is an Atlassian Platinum Marketplace Partner based in Malmö, Sweden, developing apps that help teams focus on what matters most. Their solutions — including ActionableAgile Analytics and Portfolio Forecaster — empower agile planning and performance across global organizations. As a customer-centric business privacy, compliance, and ethical data handling are central to their operations.

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The Challenge

As 55 Degrees grew, so did the amount of personal data stored across Jira and Confluence. Whether it was prospect notes, support details, or documentation for customer success, ensuring compliance with internal data retention policies became increasingly difficult. The manual processes previously used to clean up outdated data were time-consuming, inconsistent, and carried unnecessary legal risk.

The company’s corporate counsel highlighted the need for a more rigorous, automated way to ensure personal data didn’t linger beyond its retention window.

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The Solution: Content Retention Manager by Opus Guard

Opus Guard’s Content Retention Manager for Atlassian Cloud offered the right mix of policy control and automation. 55 Degrees implemented tailored retention rules for both customer and prospect data across Jira and Confluence, aligning with their internal policies and external compliance frameworks like GDPR.

Once deployed, Opus Guard took care of the heavy lifting:

• Automatically identifying content that had reached the end of its retention period
• Fully removing content once approval or time thresholds are met
• Suspending deletion where and when needed for legal review
• Logging and reporting activity for audit trails and policy transparency

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The Results

With Opus Guard and Content Retention Manager, 55 Degrees now enforces retention policies across their Atlassian Cloud environment with confidence. Personal data from customers and prospects is removed when its lifecycle ends — no manual cleanups, no spreadsheet audits, and less legal anxiety.

The legal team, in particular, praised the shift. What was once a “potential risk area” is now a well-governed, automated process that satisfies internal policies and bolsters the company’s overall compliance readiness.

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What’s Next

55 Degrees plans to continue and expand the use of Opus Guard’s policies to additional spaces and content categories. As privacy regulations evolve, the ability to manage content lifecycle proactively — not reactively — keeps them ahead of the curve.

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Learn More

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