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California residents retain CCPA data for legal and operational reasons

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1629 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Cloudflare Medium

We store your personal information for a period of time that is consistent with the business purposes set forth in Section 3 of this policy or as long as needed to fulfill and comply with legal obligations.

Ancestry Medium

Ancestry also retains certain information as reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, as well as to comply with tax, payment industry, securities...

Google Gemini Medium

We retain some data for longer when necessary for legitimate business or legal purposes, such as security, fraud and abuse prevention, or financial record-keeping.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We retain the information we collect for as long as necessary to provide our Services, and we may retain that information beyond that period if necessary for legal, operational, or other legitimate reasons.

Excerpt from EA's Privacy and Cookie Policy

Applicable regulations

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

Provision details

Document information
Document
EA Privacy and Cookie Policy
Entity
EA
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 20, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-037157
Document ID
CA-D-00306
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
6ef6b6ee185c651b01773460745644b56ff636b96bffeda4b0f814ee02ec3cac
Analysis generated
March 20, 2026 04:18 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: EA
Document: EA Privacy and Cookie Policy
Record ID: CA-P-037157
Captured: 2026-03-20 04:18:30 UTC
SHA-256: 6ef6b6ee185c651b…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/ea/ea-privacy-and-cookie-policy/provision/CA-P-037157/california-residents-retain-ccpa-data-for-legal-and-operational-reasons/
Accessed: July 28, 2026
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What does EA's California residents retain CCPA data for legal and operational reasons clause do?

The clause states: “We retain the information we collect for as long as necessary to provide our Services, and we may retain that information beyond that period if necessary for legal, operational, or other legitimate reasons.”

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ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 274 platforms. See the full comparison.

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