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Personal information retained as required for stated purposes

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

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.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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.

How other platforms handle this

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...

Salesforce Medium

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.

Walmart Medium

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.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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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 AWS Privacy Notice

Applicable regulations

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

Provision details

Document information
Document
AWS Privacy Notice
Entity
AWS
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 21, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-054675
Document ID
CA-D-00649
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
60c077cc945f7777afbff7484785ed83d3f9ca9a17aa6a3d0e10db08f1273f8b
Analysis generated
May 21, 2026 04:45 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: AWS
Document: AWS Privacy Notice
Record ID: CA-P-054675
Captured: 2026-05-21 04:45:41 UTC
SHA-256: 60c077cc945f7777…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/aws/aws-privacy-notice/provision/CA-P-054675/personal-information-retained-as-required-for-stated-purposes/
Accessed: July 13, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does AWS's Personal information retained as required for stated purposes clause do?

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.

How does this clause affect you?

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.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 274 platforms. See the full comparison.

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