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Retention limited to necessary purposes

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This limits how long Datadog may hold personal information, meaning data should not be stored indefinitely beyond its original collection purpose.

Interpretive note: The excerpt contains an additional independent proposition—that retention beyond the necessary period is permitted where required to comply with legal obligations—which was not stated in the canonical claim and is recorded here.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Personal information Datadog holds about you will be deleted or archived once it is no longer necessary for the purposes it was collected for.

How other platforms handle this

Palantir Medium

We collect and keep personal data only as needed or allowed for the purposes set out in this Statement, based on the reason we collected the personal data in the first instance and what is permitted under the laws that apply to the processing.

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...

Faire Medium

We generally retain your personal information for only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We only keep your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, after which it will be deleted or archived unless we are required to keep it to comply with our legal obligations...

— Excerpt from Datadog's Datadog Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

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

Provision details

Document information
Document
Datadog Privacy Policy
Entity
Datadog
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 9, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-051866
Document ID
CA-D-00546
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
eea29f87df222810bb333ab93ed605ef0943fbe961b1c1ead1455f6cdf47ce71
Analysis generated
May 9, 2026 22:15 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Datadog
Document: Datadog Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-051866
Captured: 2026-05-09 22:15:28 UTC
SHA-256: eea29f87df222810…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/datadog/datadog-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-051866/retention-limited-to-necessary-purposes/
Accessed: July 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Datadog's Retention limited to necessary purposes clause do?

This limits how long Datadog may hold personal information, meaning data should not be stored indefinitely beyond its original collection purpose.

How does this clause affect you?

Personal information Datadog holds about you will be deleted or archived once it is no longer necessary for the purposes it was collected for.

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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