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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.
We may retain your Personal Data for a period of time consistent with the original purpose of collection...or as long as required to fulfill our legal and/or regulatory obligations.
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.
"We may retain and use de-identified or anonymized data for longer periods for purposes such as product development, research, analytics and for demonstrating the impact of our Service.Excerpt from Khan Academy's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “We may retain and use de-identified or anonymized data for longer periods for purposes such as product development, research, analytics and for demonstrating the impact of our Service.”
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