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Closing an account does not guarantee immediate deletion of personal information; AWS retains discretion to keep data for legal and legitimate business purposes.
Interpretive note: The excerpt uses 'for example' when citing contact information, indicating other types of personal information may also be retained. The clause appears in an EEA-specific section, which may limit its geographic applicability. The excerpt does not specify the duration of additional retention.
Closing an AWS account does not necessarily end AWS's retention of certain personal information, including contact information.
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Closing an account does not guarantee immediate deletion of personal information; AWS retains discretion to keep data for legal and legitimate business purposes.
Closing an AWS account does not necessarily end AWS's retention of certain personal information, including contact information.
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