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After you submit a request to delete your account, we initiate a deletion process to safely and completely remove your data from our servers or retain it only in anonymized form.
We will retain your Data for as long as necessary: (i) to achieve the purposes as set out in this Policy; (ii) as required by applicable laws and regulations, including any mandated retention periods...
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.
"Subject to the terms of their agreements with us, customers may deactivate their accounts by emailing us at help@datadoghq.com, but we may retain certain personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations or for legitimate business purposes...Excerpt from Datadog's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “Subject to the terms of their agreements with us, customers may deactivate their accounts by emailing us at help@datadoghq.com, but we may retain certain personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations or for legitimate business purposes...”
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