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The clause creates a defined data retention schedule that balances service operations and legal compliance with member deletion requests, specifying a post-deletion retention period for safety investigations rather than indefinite data preservation.
Users whose accounts are deleted will have their personal data retained for three months following deletion to enable investigation of unlawful or harmful conduct, then deleted or anonymized thereafter. This provision establishes the timeline and conditions under which deletion requests are executed.
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We retain personal data for as long as needed to provide our services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Retention periods will vary depending on the type of data and the purposes for which we use it.
Microsoft retains personal data for as long as necessary to provide the products and fulfill the transactions you have requested, or for other legitimate purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. Because these needs can vary for differen...
We keep information as long as we need it to provide our products and services and fulfil the purposes described in this policy. This is a case-by-case determination that depends on things like the nature of the information, why it is collected and processed, relevant legal or operational retention ...
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"We keep your personal data only as long as we need it for legitimate business purposes (as set out in Section 4) and as otherwise permitted by applicable law. To protect the safety and security of our members on and off our services, we implement a safety retention window of three months following account deletion. During this period, we keep your data in case it becomes necessary to investigate unlawful or harmful conduct. Data is then deleted or anonymized.— Excerpt from Hinge's Hinge Privacy Policy
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The clause creates a defined data retention schedule that balances service operations and legal compliance with member deletion requests, specifying a post-deletion retention period for safety investigations rather than indefinite data preservation.
Users whose accounts are deleted will have their personal data retained for three months following deletion to enable investigation of unlawful or harmful conduct, then deleted or anonymized thereafter. This provision establishes the timeline and conditions under which deletion requests are executed.
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