diff --git a/config/global.ini.php b/config/global.ini.php
index 794f9dc0a27d9eb074d773f52dbb6ab16040758c..00ec6dac750ec9cd133713a79f8be54b6d3c0ba1 100644
--- a/config/global.ini.php
+++ b/config/global.ini.php
@@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ enable_plugins_admin = 1
 ; By setting this option to 0, you can prevent Super User from editing the Geolocation settings.
 enable_geolocation_admin = 1
 
+; By setting this option to 0, the old log data and old report data features will be hidden from the UI
+; Note: log purging and old data purging still occurs, just the Super User cannot change the settings.
+enable_delete_old_data_admin = 1
 
 [Tracker]
 ; Piwik uses first party cookies by default. If set to 1,
diff --git a/plugins/PrivacyManager/Controller.php b/plugins/PrivacyManager/Controller.php
index a54d6bd8365bdbd456e42230bb4a479a89ba1afb..a795aeef4c5be6135fcb5e9b9ffeb404ec8c498e 100644
--- a/plugins/PrivacyManager/Controller.php
+++ b/plugins/PrivacyManager/Controller.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class Controller extends \Piwik\Plugin\ControllerAdmin
                     break;
 
                 case("formDeleteSettings"):
+                    $this->checkDataPurgeAdminSettingsIsEnabled();
                     $settings = $this->getPurgeSettingsFromRequest();
                     PrivacyManager::savePurgeDataSettings($settings);
                     break;
@@ -66,6 +67,18 @@ class Controller extends \Piwik\Plugin\ControllerAdmin
         $this->redirectToIndex('PrivacyManager', 'privacySettings', null, null, null, array('updated' => 1));
     }
 
+    private function checkDataPurgeAdminSettingsIsEnabled()
+    {
+        if (!$this->isDataPurgeSettingsEnabled()) {
+            throw new \Exception("Configuring deleting log data and report data has been disabled by Piwik admins.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function isDataPurgeSettingsEnabled()
+    {
+        return (bool) Config::getInstance()->General['enable_delete_old_data_settings_admin'];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Utility function. Gets the delete logs/reports settings from the request and uses
      * them to populate config arrays.
@@ -131,6 +144,7 @@ class Controller extends \Piwik\Plugin\ControllerAdmin
         $view = new View('@PrivacyManager/privacySettings');
 
         if (Piwik::isUserIsSuperUser()) {
+            $view->isDataPurgeSettingsEnabled = $this->isDataPurgeSettingsEnabled();
             $view->deleteData = $this->getDeleteDataInfo();
             $view->anonymizeIP = $this->getAnonymizeIPInfo();
             $view->dntSupport = self::isDntSupported();
@@ -305,4 +319,5 @@ class Controller extends \Piwik\Plugin\ControllerAdmin
             //nothing to do
         }
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/PrivacyManager/templates/privacySettings.twig b/plugins/PrivacyManager/templates/privacySettings.twig
index 5080c5d509d79ced80fd78688205db2ddf6b5617..1ea461869d1cef7fa7ced8c5c60e5e95688210fc 100644
--- a/plugins/PrivacyManager/templates/privacySettings.twig
+++ b/plugins/PrivacyManager/templates/privacySettings.twig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <p>{{ 'PrivacyManager_Teaser'|translate('<a href="#anonymizeIPAnchor">',"</a>",'<a href="#deleteLogsAnchor">',"</a>",'<a href="#optOutAnchor">',"</a>")|raw }}
         See also our official guide <strong><a href='http://piwik.org/privacy/' target='_blank'>Web Analytics Privacy</a></strong></p>
     <h2 id="anonymizeIPAnchor">{{ 'PrivacyManager_UseAnonymizeIp'|translate }}</h2>
-    <form method="post" action="{{ {'action':'saveSettings', 'form':'formMaskLength', 'token_auth':token_auth} | urlRewriteWithParameters }}" id="formMaskLength" name="formMaskLength">
+    <form method="post" action="{{ {'action':'saveSettings', 'form':'formMaskLength', 'token_auth':token_auth} | urlRewriteWithParameters }}" id="formMaskLength">
         <div id='anonymizeIpSettings'>
             <table class="adminTable" style='width:800px;'>
                 <tr>
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
 
         <input type="submit" value="{{ 'General_Save'|translate }}" id="privacySettingsSubmit" class="submit"/>
     </form>
+
+    {% if isDataPurgeSettingsEnabled %}
     <div class="ui-confirm" id="confirmDeleteSettings">
         <h2 id="deleteLogsConfirm">{{ 'PrivacyManager_DeleteLogsConfirm'|translate }}</h2>
 
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@
     </div>
     <h2 id="deleteLogsAnchor">{{ 'PrivacyManager_DeleteDataSettings'|translate }}</h2>
     <p>{{ 'PrivacyManager_DeleteDataDescription'|translate }} {{ 'PrivacyManager_DeleteDataDescription2'|translate }}</p>
-    <form method="post" action="{{ {'action':'saveSettings','form':'formDeleteSettings','token_auth':token_auth} | urlRewriteWithParameters }}" id="formDeleteSettings" name="formMaskLength">
+    <form method="post" action="{{ {'action':'saveSettings','form':'formDeleteSettings','token_auth':token_auth} | urlRewriteWithParameters }}" id="formDeleteSettings">
         <table class="adminTable" style='width:800px;'>
             <tr id='deleteLogSettingEnabled'>
                 <td width="250">{{ 'PrivacyManager_UseDeleteLog'|translate }}<br/>
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@
                 <td width="250">&nbsp;</td>
                 <td width="500">
                     <label>{{ 'PrivacyManager_DeleteLogsOlderThan'|translate }}
-                        <input type="text" id="deleteOlderThan" value="{{ deleteData.config.delete_logs_older_than }}" style="width:35px;"
+                        <input type="text" id="deleteOlderThan" value="{{ deleteData.config.delete_logs_older_than }}" style="width:55px;"
                                name="deleteOlderThan"/>
                         {{ 'CoreHome_PeriodDays'|translate }}</label><br/>
                     <span class="form-description">{{ 'PrivacyManager_LeastDaysInput'|translate("1") }}</span>
@@ -265,6 +267,10 @@
         </table>
         <input type="button" value="{{ 'General_Save'|translate }}" id="deleteLogSettingsSubmit" class="submit"/>
     </form>
+
+    {% endif %}
+
+
     <h2 id="DNT">{{ 'PrivacyManager_DoNotTrack_SupportDNTPreference'|translate }}</h2>
     <table class="adminTable" style='width:800px;'>
         <tr>