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Unlike paid tiers, the free API Developer plan carries no deletion or retention limit, meaning submitted and processed content may be kept by DeepL without any time constraint.
Interpretive note: The excerpt identifies this as a derogation from Section 3.1.2 sentence 1, implying a different default rule applies to other plans, but the content of that default rule is not quoted and cannot be stated.
Users of the free DeepL API Developer plan have no contractual guarantee that their submitted Content or Processed Content will ever be deleted.
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"In derogation from Section 3.1.2 sentence 1, DeepL API Developer reserves the right to perpetually store any Content or Processed Content.— Excerpt from DeepL's DeepL Terms and Conditions
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Unlike paid tiers, the free API Developer plan carries no deletion or retention limit, meaning submitted and processed content may be kept by DeepL without any time constraint.
Users of the free DeepL API Developer plan have no contractual guarantee that their submitted Content or Processed Content will ever be deleted.
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