The policy states that personal information is retained for the duration of the account or service relationship and thereafter for as long as necessary to respond to complaints, demonstrate fair treatment, or comply with legal record-keeping requirements, without specifying fixed retention periods for any data category.
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This provision does not specify defined retention periods for any category of personal information, including sensor data from robotic products; retention is governed by open-ended necessity standards that may require further assessment to confirm alignment with GDPR data minimization and storage limitation requirements.
Interpretive note: Retention periods for specific data categories including sensor and acoustic data from robotic products are not specified; adequacy of open-ended necessity standards under GDPR storage limitation requirements depends on regulatory interpretation.
Under this clause, personal information including service logs and sensor data from robotic products will be retained for the duration of the customer relationship and for an unspecified additional period determined by the necessity standards described. No fixed deletion timelines are stated for any data category.
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Compare across platforms →"We will keep your information while you have an account with us or while we are providing products or services to you or performing under a contract with you, or in accordance with any applicable requirement set forth in this policy. Thereafter, we will keep your information for as long as is necessary to: respond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf; show that we treated you fairly; or keep records required by law. We will not retain your information for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.Excerpt from Boston Dynamics's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 5 requires that personal data be kept no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it is processed, and that specific retention periods or criteria be disclosed.
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This provision does not specify defined retention periods for any category of personal information, including sensor data from robotic products; retention is governed by open-ended necessity standards that may require further assessment to confirm alignment with GDPR data minimization and storage limitation requirements.
Under this clause, personal information including service logs and sensor data from robotic products will be retained for the duration of the customer relationship and for an unspecified additional period determined by the necessity standards described. No fixed deletion timelines are stated for any data category.
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