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The qualifier 'usually' means retention is not guaranteed to be strictly limited, and 'legitimate business interests' provides GOAT a broad secondary basis for extended retention beyond the original collection purpose.
Interpretive note: The word 'usually' is a meaningful qualifier preserved in the canonical claim. 'Legitimate business interests' is left undefined in the excerpt and could allow broad retention windows, but no further inference is drawn.
Personal information collected about you is subject to a retention standard that is qualified by 'usually' and by GOAT's own legitimate business interests, meaning retention duration is not absolute.
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"We will usually store the personal information we collect about you for no longer than necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, and in accordance with our legitimate business interests and applicable law.Excerpt from GOAT's Privacy Policy
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The qualifier 'usually' means retention is not guaranteed to be strictly limited, and 'legitimate business interests' provides GOAT a broad secondary basis for extended retention beyond the original collection purpose.
Personal information collected about you is subject to a retention standard that is qualified by 'usually' and by GOAT's own legitimate business interests, meaning retention duration is not absolute.
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