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We retain Personal Data that you provide to us where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so... When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Data, we securely delete the information or anonymize it...
Your personal data will be deleted when it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was originally collected, unless we have a legal obligation to retain data for a longer period of time.
In the event of Account deletion for any reason, the Company may, but is not obligated to, delete any of Your Content. the Company shall not be responsible for the failure to delete or deletion of Your Content.
"When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal Information, our policy is to delete or de-identify the data.Excerpt from Khan Academy's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal Information, our policy is to delete or de-identify the data.”
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