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Destruction or anonymization when no longer needed

Medium severity Explicitdocumentlanguage Common · 271 of 352 platforms
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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1593 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

NVIDIA NIM Medium

If the disclosing party sends a written request, the receiving party will promptly return or destroy all Confidential Information received from the disclosing party, together with copies, except that a party may retain archival copies in accordance with its document retention policy or as required b...

Upwork Medium

we will only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements...

Google Gemini Medium

We retain some data for longer when necessary for legitimate business or legal purposes, such as security, fraud and abuse prevention, or financial record-keeping.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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When the personal data collected is no longer required by us, we and our service providers will perform the necessary procedures for destroying, deleting, erasing, or converting it into an anonymous form...

— Excerpt from Anthropic's Anthropic Privacy Policy (Superseded Capture)

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
Anthropic Privacy Policy (Superseded Capture)
Entity
Anthropic
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-017472
Document ID
CA-D-00012
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
e91b78d120f18b8a635385fb036a9ad6b0135fe530a2e4aadcc4d575da32fca0
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 17:12 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Anthropic
Document: Anthropic Privacy Policy (Superseded Capture)
Record ID: CA-P-017472
Captured: 2026-07-09 17:12:50 UTC
SHA-256: e91b78d120f18b8a…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/anthropic/anthropic-privacy-policy-superseded-capture/provision/CA-P-017472/destruction-or-anonymization-when-no-longer-needed/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Medium
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What does Anthropic's Destruction or anonymization when no longer needed clause do?

The clause states: “When the personal data collected is no longer required by us, we and our service providers will perform the necessary procedures for destroying, deleting, erasing, or converting it into an anonymous form...”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

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