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The clause defines the retention standard as tied to business necessity and legal compliance rather than specifying fixed retention periods, meaning data persistence duration depends on the company's assessment of ongoing legitimate needs.
Interpretive note: The policy uses criteria-based rather than period-specific retention language, making it difficult to assess compliance with GDPR storage limitation without access to Atlassian's internal retention schedules.
Users' personal information remains retained by Atlassian for the duration that the company determines it has legitimate business purposes for retention, which includes service delivery and regulatory compliance obligations.
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The clause defines the retention standard as tied to business necessity and legal compliance rather than specifying fixed retention periods, meaning data persistence duration depends on the company's assessment of ongoing legitimate needs.
Users' personal information remains retained by Atlassian for the duration that the company determines it has legitimate business purposes for retention, which includes service delivery and regulatory compliance obligations.
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