The policy states that personal data is retained for as long as necessary to provide services and meet legal obligations, and that account closure triggers deletion within a reasonable period subject to legal retention requirements.
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This provision establishes retention duration in general terms without specifying category-by-category retention periods, which may limit users' ability to assess how long specific data types are held. The reference to legal retention requirements means some data may be retained after account closure.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify retention periods by data category or processing purpose, which limits verification of compliance with GDPR storage limitation requirements without additional documentation.
Establishes a data retention policy with explicit deletion upon account closure, clarifying user data lifecycle and deletion timelines.
View full change record →Under this clause, personal data is retained for the duration of service use and for an unspecified period following account closure, subject to legal obligations that may require continued retention of certain data categories. The policy does not specify retention periods by data type or processing purpose.
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"We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to provide you with our services and to comply with our legal obligations. When you close your account, we will delete your personal data within a reasonable period, subject to any legal retention requirements.Excerpt from DeepL's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 5(1)(e) requires that personal data be kept in a form that permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed …
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This provision establishes retention duration in general terms without specifying category-by-category retention periods, which may limit users' ability to assess how long specific data types are held. The reference to legal retention requirements means some data may be retained after account closure.
Under this clause, personal data is retained for the duration of service use and for an unspecified period following account closure, subject to legal obligations that may require continued retention of certain data categories. The policy does not specify retention periods by data type or processing purpose.
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