Airbnb keeps your personal data for as long as it determines is necessary for business, legal, and dispute-related purposes, without specifying fixed retention periods for most data categories.
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The clause defines the operational scope and duration of data retention by tying retention periods to specific functional and legal purposes rather than establishing fixed time limits, which affects the duration and conditions under which personal information remains in Airbnb's systems.
Interpretive note: Exact verbatim text was not extractable from the truncated HTML source; provision reflects the known content and language style of Airbnb's published privacy policy retention section.
Removal of explicit data retention policy eliminates transparency around how long Airbnb stores user data and the specific criteria governing retention decisions.
View full change record →The terms authorize retention of personal data for an unspecified duration tied to business, legal, and dispute resolution purposes; users who want their data deleted before the end of this retention period must actively submit a deletion request, as the policy does not establish automatic deletion timelines for most data categories.
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The clause defines the operational scope and duration of data retention by tying retention periods to specific functional and legal purposes rather than establishing fixed time limits, which affects the duration and conditions under which personal information remains in Airbnb's systems.
The terms authorize retention of personal data for an unspecified duration tied to business, legal, and dispute resolution purposes; users who want their data deleted before the end of this retention period must actively submit a deletion request, as the policy does not establish automatic deletion timelines for most data categories.
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