diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-compliance.js b/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-compliance.js
index 9b5ee00518..b1956f30c0 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-compliance.js
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-compliance.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 import isTrackingHeaderField from 'wherehows-web/utils/validators/tracking-headers';
+import { getPlatformFromUrn } from 'wherehows-web/utils/validators/urn';
 import {
   classifiers,
   datasetClassifiers,
@@ -189,6 +190,15 @@ export default Component.extend({
     return get(this, 'isNewComplianceInfo') ? 'showAll' : 'showReview';
   }),
 
+  /**
+   * Extracts the dataset platform from the dataset urn
+   * @type {Ember.ComputedProperty}
+   * @return {string | void}
+   */
+  datasetPlatform: computed('complianceInfo.datasetUrn', function() {
+    return getPlatformFromUrn(get(this, 'complianceInfo.datasetUrn'));
+  }),
+
   /**
    * Reference to the application notifications Service
    * @type {Ember.Service}
@@ -723,6 +733,26 @@ export default Component.extend({
     return sourceDatasetClassification;
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Display a modal dialog requesting that the user check affirm that the purge type is exempt
+   * @return {Promise<void>}
+   */
+  showPurgeExemptionWarning() {
+    const dialogActions = {};
+
+    get(this, 'notifications').notify('confirm', {
+      header: 'Confirm purge exemption',
+      content:
+        'By choosing this option you understand that either Legal or HSEC may contact you to verify the purge exemption',
+      dialogActions
+    });
+
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      dialogActions['didConfirm'] = () => resolve();
+      dialogActions['didDismiss'] = () => reject();
+    });
+  },
+
   actions: {
     /**
      * Sets each datasetClassification value as false
@@ -957,6 +987,15 @@ export default Component.extend({
       return set(this.getDatasetClassificationRef(), classifier, value);
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Updates the complianceType on the compliance policy
+     * @param {PurgePolicy} purgePolicy
+     */
+    onDatasetPurgePolicyChange(purgePolicy) {
+      // directly set the complianceType to the updated value
+      return set(this, 'complianceInfo.complianceType', purgePolicy);
+    },
+
     /**
      * If all validity checks are passed, invoke onSave action on controller
      */
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/components/purge-policy.ts b/wherehows-web/app/components/purge-policy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..156f35e3db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/components/purge-policy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import Ember from 'ember';
+import { baseCommentEditorOptions, PurgePolicy, purgePolicyProps } from 'wherehows-web/constants';
+import noop from 'wherehows-web/utils/noop';
+
+const { Component, get, set } = Ember;
+
+/**
+ * A cache for the exempt policy
+ * @type {PurgePolicy}
+ */
+const exemptPolicy = PurgePolicy.PurgeExempt;
+
+/**
+ * Checks that a purge policy is exempt
+ * @param {PurgePolicy} policy the policy to check
+ */
+const isExempt = (policy: PurgePolicy) => policy === exemptPolicy;
+
+export default Component.extend({
+  tagName: 'ul',
+
+  classNames: ['purge-policy-list'],
+
+  exemptPolicy,
+
+  purgePolicyProps,
+
+  /**
+   * The dataset's  platform
+   */
+  platform: null,
+
+  /**
+   * The currently save policy for the dataset purge
+   */
+  purgePolicy: null,
+
+  /**
+   * An options hash for the purge exempt reason text editor
+   * @type {}
+   */
+  editorOptions: {
+    ...baseCommentEditorOptions,
+    placeholder: {
+      text: 'Please provide an explanation for why this dataset is marked "Purge Exempt" status'
+    }
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Action to handle policy change, by default a no-op function
+   * @type {Function}
+   */
+  onPolicyChange: noop,
+
+  didReceiveAttrs() {
+    this._super(...arguments);
+    this.checkExemption(get(this, 'purgePolicy'));
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Checks that the selected purge policy is exempt, if so, set the
+   * flag to request the exemption to true
+   * @param {PurgePolicy} purgePolicy
+   */
+  checkExemption(purgePolicy: PurgePolicy) {
+    const exemptionReasonRequested = isExempt(purgePolicy);
+    set(this, 'requestExemptionReason', exemptionReasonRequested);
+  },
+
+  actions: {
+    /**
+     * Handles the change to the currently selected purge policy
+     * @param {string} _name unused name for the radio group
+     * @param {PurgePolicy} purgePolicy the selected purge policy
+     */
+    onChange(_name: string, purgePolicy: PurgePolicy) {
+      return get(this, 'onPolicyChange')(purgePolicy);
+    }
+  }
+});
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/constants/dataset-platforms.ts b/wherehows-web/app/constants/dataset-platforms.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d957248487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/constants/dataset-platforms.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * The known/supported list of dataset platforms
+ * @enum {string}
+ */
+enum DatasetPlatform {
+  Kafka = 'KAFKA',
+  Espresso = 'ESPRESSO',
+  Oracle = 'ORACLE',
+  MySql = 'MYSQL',
+  Teradata = 'TERADATA',
+  HDFS = 'HDFS'
+}
+
+export { DatasetPlatform };
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/constants/dataset-purge-policy.ts b/wherehows-web/app/constants/dataset-purge-policy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00abc3698e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/constants/dataset-purge-policy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { DatasetPlatform } from 'wherehows-web/constants/dataset-platforms';
+
+/**
+ * Available values for the purge policy
+ * @enum {string}
+ */
+enum PurgePolicy {
+  AutoPurge = 'AUTO_PURGE',
+  ManualPurge = 'MANUAL_PURGE',
+  AutoLimitedRetention = 'AUTO_LIMITED_RETENTION',
+  ManualLimitedRetention = 'MANUAL_LIMITED_RETENTION',
+  PurgeExempt = 'PURGE_EXEMPT'
+}
+
+/**
+ * Index signature for purge policy properties
+ */
+type PurgePolicyProperties = {
+  [K in PurgePolicy]: {
+    platforms: Array<DatasetPlatform>;
+    desc: string;
+    displayAs: string;
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Client options for each purge policy
+ * Lists, the available platforms, a descriptions field and a user friendly name for the purge key
+ */
+const purgePolicyProps: PurgePolicyProperties = {
+  AUTO_PURGE: {
+    platforms: [DatasetPlatform.Teradata, DatasetPlatform.Espresso, DatasetPlatform.HDFS],
+    desc: 'A centralized system will automatically purge this dataset based on the provided metadata.',
+    displayAs: 'Auto Purge'
+  },
+  MANUAL_PURGE: {
+    platforms: [DatasetPlatform.MySql, DatasetPlatform.Espresso, DatasetPlatform.Teradata, DatasetPlatform.HDFS],
+    desc: '',
+    displayAs: 'Manual Purge'
+  },
+  AUTO_LIMITED_RETENTION: {
+    platforms: [DatasetPlatform.Kafka, DatasetPlatform.Teradata, DatasetPlatform.HDFS],
+    desc:
+      'The data platform enforces limited retention. Only choose this option if your dataset ' +
+      "complies with the platform's limited retention policy.",
+    displayAs: 'Auto Limited Retention'
+  },
+  MANUAL_LIMITED_RETENTION: {
+    platforms: [DatasetPlatform.Espresso, DatasetPlatform.Oracle, DatasetPlatform.MySql],
+    desc: '',
+    displayAs: 'Manual Limited Retention'
+  },
+  PURGE_EXEMPT: {
+    platforms: Object.keys(DatasetPlatform).map((k: keyof typeof DatasetPlatform) => DatasetPlatform[k]),
+    desc:
+      'The dataset is exempted from purging due to legal or financial requirements.' +
+      " Only choose this option if you've received an explicit exemption from legal.",
+    displayAs: 'Purge Exempt'
+  }
+};
+
+export { PurgePolicy, purgePolicyProps };
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/constants/index.ts b/wherehows-web/app/constants/index.ts
index 4e46422948..3450547b7e 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/constants/index.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/constants/index.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ export * from 'wherehows-web/constants/dataset-classification';
 export * from 'wherehows-web/constants/dataset-compliance';
 export * from 'wherehows-web/constants/application';
 export * from 'wherehows-web/constants/dataset-comments';
+export * from 'wherehows-web/constants/dataset-purge-policy';
+export * from 'wherehows-web/constants/dataset-platforms';
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/styles/abstracts/_mixins.scss b/wherehows-web/app/styles/abstracts/_mixins.scss
index e750e719d2..5f4fb643e1 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/styles/abstracts/_mixins.scss
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/styles/abstracts/_mixins.scss
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@
   $breakpoint-query: map-get($breakpoints, $breakpoint);
 
   @if $breakpoint-query {
-    $query: if(
-                    type-of($breakpoint-query) == 'string',
-                    unquote($breakpoint-query),
-                    inspect($breakpoint-query)
-    );
+    $query: if(type-of($breakpoint-query) == 'string', unquote($breakpoint-query), inspect($breakpoint-query));
 
     @media #{$query} {
       @content;
@@ -84,6 +80,34 @@
   overflow-y: auto;
 }
 
+/// Proxy for AD container styles
+@mixin nacho-container {
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+  background-color: set-color(white, base);
+  background-clip: padding-box;
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  padding: item-spacing(4);
+  transition: box-shadow 83ms;
+}
+
+/// Applies rules to render an element with a pill shape
+/// @param {Color} $bg-color the background color for the pill
+/// @param {Color} $color font/text color
+/// @param {Color} $border-color=$bg-color the color to apply to the pill border
+///@example - Usage
+/// .foo {
+///   @include pill(get-color(gray1), get-color(gray6));
+/// }
+@mixin pill($bg-color, $color, $border-color: $bg-color) {
+  border-radius: 32px;
+  background-color: $bg-color;
+  border: 1px solid $border-color;
+  color: $color;
+  display: inline-block;
+  line-height: item-spacing(3);
+  padding: 1px 10px;
+}
+
 /// Temp implementation before Auto Prefixer is installed
 /// @link https://github.com/postcss/autoprefixer
 
@@ -99,7 +123,6 @@
   #{$property}: $value;
 }
 
-
 /// Maintains the aspect ratio for a wrapped element
 /// @param {Number} $width number value for the container's width ratio
 /// @param {Number} $height number value for the container's with ratio
@@ -107,7 +130,7 @@
   position: relative;
 
   &::before {
-    content: "";
+    content: '';
     display: block;
     width: 100%;
     padding-top: ($height / $width) * 100%;
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/_all.scss b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/_all.scss
index 871dbd4187..ebf21cad1f 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/_all.scss
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/_all.scss
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 @import 'dataset-comments/all';
 @import 'comments/all';
 @import 'empty-state/all';
+@import 'dataset-purge-policy/all';
 
 @import 'nacho/nacho-button';
 @import 'nacho/nacho-global-search';
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/dataset-purge-policy/_all.scss b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/dataset-purge-policy/_all.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c2859411e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/dataset-purge-policy/_all.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import 'purge-policy-list';
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/dataset-purge-policy/_purge-policy-list.scss b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/dataset-purge-policy/_purge-policy-list.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9f7a4cb31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/dataset-purge-policy/_purge-policy-list.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+.purge-policy-list {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+
+  &__item {
+    @include nacho-container;
+    list-style-type: none;
+    margin-bottom: item-spacing(4);
+
+    &--disabled {
+      color: set-color(grey, mid);
+      background-color: set-color(grey, light);
+    }
+  }
+
+  &__platform {
+    &--unavailable {
+      @include pill(set-color(red, maroonflush), set-color(white, base));
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-compliance.hbs b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-compliance.hbs
index 59bd8231b4..ce3d825639 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-compliance.hbs
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-compliance.hbs
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@
   {{#if (or isReadOnly isShowingComplianceEditMode)}}
     {{partial "datasets/dataset-compliance/dataset-compliance-entities"}}
   {{/if}}
+
+  {{#if isShowingCompliancePurgePolicy}}
+    {{purge-policy
+      platform=datasetPlatform
+      purgeNote=complianceInfo.compliancePurgeNote
+      purgePolicy=(readonly complianceInfo.complianceType)
+      onPolicyChange=(action "onDatasetPurgePolicyChange")
+    }}
+  {{/if}}
 </div>
 
 {{yield}}
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/utils/datasets/compliance-policy.js b/wherehows-web/app/utils/datasets/compliance-policy.js
index 32281c8d3e..f9a2e08397 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/utils/datasets/compliance-policy.js
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/utils/datasets/compliance-policy.js
@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@ const createInitialComplianceInfo = datasetId => ({
   datasetId,
   // default to first item in compliance types list
   complianceType: 'AUTO_PURGE',
+  compliancePurgeNote: '',
   complianceEntities: [],
-  fieldClassification: {},
-  datasetClassification: {},
-  geographicAffinity: { affinity: '' },
-  recordOwnerType: '',
-  retentionPolicy: { retentionType: '' }
+  datasetClassification: {}
 });
 
 /**
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/utils/noop.ts b/wherehows-web/app/utils/noop.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1deb066c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/utils/noop.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/**
+ * exports a noop that can be used in place of Ember.K which is currently deprecated.
+ */
+export default () => {};
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/utils/validators/urn.ts b/wherehows-web/app/utils/validators/urn.ts
index 2183442b54..93f7cb502e 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/utils/validators/urn.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/utils/validators/urn.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,23 @@ const specialFlowUrnRegex = /(?:\?urn=)([a-z0-9_\-/{}\s]+)/i;
 
 /**
  * Asserts that a provided string matches the urn pattern above
- * @param {String} candidateUrn the string to test on
+ * @param {string} candidateUrn the string to test on
  */
-export default (candidateUrn: string) => urnRegex.test(String(candidateUrn));
+const isUrn = (candidateUrn: string) => urnRegex.test(String(candidateUrn));
 
-export { urnRegex, specialFlowUrnRegex };
+/**
+ * Extracts the platform string from the candidate urn string
+ * @param {string} candidateUrn the urn string with leading platform identifier
+ * @returns {string | void}
+ */
+const getPlatformFromUrn = (candidateUrn: string) => {
+  const matches = urnRegex.exec(candidateUrn);
+  if (matches) {
+    const [, platform] = matches;
+    return platform.toUpperCase();
+  }
+};
+
+export default isUrn;
+
+export { urnRegex, specialFlowUrnRegex, getPlatformFromUrn };