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Retention is tied to ongoing use, stated purposes, and legal requirements, meaning AWS may hold personal information for the duration of a user's relationship with AWS Offerings and potentially beyond.
Users' personal information is kept by AWS for the duration of their use of AWS Offerings, as long as it serves stated Privacy Notice purposes, or as legally required.
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We may retain your Personal Data for a period of time consistent with the original purpose of collection...or as long as required to fulfill our legal and/or regulatory obligations.
We will keep the personal information we collect about you for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes set forth in this Privacy Notice...but no longer than as required or permitted under applicable law or internal Walmart policy.
We store your personal information for a period of time that is consistent with the business purposes set forth in Section 3 of this policy or as long as needed to fulfill and comply with legal obligations.
"We keep your personal information to enable your continued use of AWS Offerings, for as long as it is required in order to fulfill the relevant purposes described in this Privacy Notice, as may be required by law...Excerpt from AWS's Privacy Notice
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Retention is tied to ongoing use, stated purposes, and legal requirements, meaning AWS may hold personal information for the duration of a user's relationship with AWS Offerings and potentially beyond.
Users' personal information is kept by AWS for the duration of their use of AWS Offerings, as long as it serves stated Privacy Notice purposes, or as legally required.
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