1. A method, comprising: at a hardware data manager system: securing sensitive information of original data from access by a computing platform system that generates the original data, the original data being generated by the platform system through operation of the platform system on behalf of a platform account of the platform system, the data manager system securing the sensitive information according to a data retention policy set for the platform account, and providing operational information from the generated data, the operational information being accessible by the computing platform system during performance of system operations.