DocuSign keeps your personal information for as long as needed for its business purposes, legal obligations, and to handle any disputes.
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Open-ended retention language means your data, including document content, may be retained for extended periods beyond the immediate transaction, and the specific retention periods are not detailed in the public notice.
Interpretive note: The absence of specific retention periods means the practical duration of data storage depends on internal DocuSign policies not disclosed in this public notice.
Previous version had no excerpt; current version adds specific purposes for retention including legal, accounting, and reporting requirements.
View full change record →DocuSign does not specify fixed retention periods in this notice, meaning your personal data including document content may be held indefinitely for legal, contractual, or business purposes unless you exercise a deletion right.
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"We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, and as necessary to resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.Excerpt from DocuSign's Privacy Statement
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 5(1)(e) requires personal data not be kept longer than necessary for its stated purpose (storage limitation principle).
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Open-ended retention language means your data, including document content, may be retained for extended periods beyond the immediate transaction, and the specific retention periods are not detailed in the public notice.
DocuSign does not specify fixed retention periods in this notice, meaning your personal data including document content may be held indefinitely for legal, contractual, or business purposes unless you exercise a deletion right.
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