“After account closure, we may need to keep certain information for an additional period of time for legal and legitimate business purposes. For example, we may retain personal information such as your 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.
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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We may retain some of your Data even after you cease to use our Services, for instance if the Data is necessary to meet our legal obligations, such as tax and accounting requirements.
If the Services are made available to you through an organization (e.g., your employer), we retain your information as long as required by the administrator of your account.
We may continue to retain some information even after you delete your account if we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws.
"After account closure, we may need to keep certain information for an additional period of time for legal and legitimate business purposes. For example, we may retain personal information such as your contact information...Excerpt from AWS's Privacy Notice
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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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