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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 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...
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.
"If we receive a valid legal subpoena or request asking us to preserve data (in which case we would need to keep the data to comply with our legal obligations)...Excerpt from Hinge's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “If we receive a valid legal subpoena or request asking us to preserve data (in which case we would need to keep the data to comply with our legal obligations)...”
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