Grindr retains your personal data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.
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The retention framework operationalizes Grindr's data stewardship practices by defining temporal boundaries for different data categories and establishing that post-deletion retention serves specific institutional functions (internal reporting, metrics, statistics) rather than ongoing service delivery.
Your data may be retained by Grindr for extended periods even if you are inactive, increasing the risk of exposure through data breaches or future third-party sharing arrangements unless you formally request deletion.
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Affirm will retain your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and any applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation.
We collect and keep personal data only as needed or allowed for the purposes set out in this Statement, based on the reason we collected the personal data in the first instance and what is permitted under the laws that apply to the processing.
Mistral AI shall retain the Customer Exportable Data and Assets for a period of thirty (30) days from the earlier between (a) the expiration of the Transitional Period or (b) Customer's notification under Section 2.2.2 (b) of these Additional Terms.
"We retain your Personal Information for no longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the information was collected or as otherwise permitted or pursuant to Legal Obligations or pursuant to the Grindr Terms and Conditions of Service and/or the Grindr Community Guidelines. We also retain a device identifier (i.e., IDFV and Android ID) and limited log information for up to a period of two years following account deletion to support internal reporting, metrics, and statistics.Excerpt from Grindr's Privacy Policy
Data retention periods must be proportionate to the purposes for which data was collected under GDPR Article 5(1)(e) and CCPA; retention of special category data such as health information and precise location for extended periods …
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The retention framework operationalizes Grindr's data stewardship practices by defining temporal boundaries for different data categories and establishing that post-deletion retention serves specific institutional functions (internal reporting, metrics, statistics) rather than ongoing service delivery.
Your data may be retained by Grindr for extended periods even if you are inactive, increasing the risk of exposure through data breaches or future third-party sharing arrangements unless you formally request deletion.
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