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Where specific retention periods are required by law, we comply with those timeframes; otherwise, we apply the criteria above to determine how long to retain the information.
At the end of the retention period, personal information will be deleted, destroyed, or deidentified.
We will promptly destroy personal information at the end of the retention period, as described above. When we destroy personal information, we do so in a way that prevents that information from being restored or reconstructed.
"We will delete your Personal Data sooner where a shorter retention period is required by applicable law.Excerpt from Bluesky's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “We will delete your Personal Data sooner where a shorter retention period is required by applicable law.”
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