Provision record
LangChain · LangChain Privacy Policy · View original document ↗

Data Retention Based On Relationship And Legal Needs

High confidence Common · 268 of 343 platforms

Key Facts · in the document’s own words

How long may LangChain retain personal information?
“We may retain your personal information for as long as it is reasonably needed in order to maintain and expand our relationship and provide you with our services; in order to comply with our legal and contractual obligations; or to protect ourselves from any potential disputes.”
Version CA-V-002499, captured May 12, 2026 · live source ↗
Our reading, not the document’s words
LangChain may retain personal information for as long as reasonably needed to maintain and expand its relationship with users and provide services, comply with legal and contractual obligations, or protect itself from potential disputes.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

Because three broad retention purposes are identified with no fixed time limit, personal information may be held indefinitely as long as LangChain determines any one purpose remains active.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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LangChain is permitted to retain your personal information across three broad categories of purpose, with no specified maximum retention period beyond what is reasonably needed.

How other platforms handle this

Kling AI

We will retain your Data for as long as necessary: (i) to achieve the purposes as set out in this Policy; (ii) as required by applicable laws and regulations, including any mandated retention periods...

Patreon

We may continue to retain some information even after you delete your account if we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws.

Reddit

After you submit a request to delete your account, we initiate a deletion process to safely and completely remove your data from our servers or retain it only in anonymized form.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We may retain your personal information for as long as it is reasonably needed in order to maintain and expand our relationship and provide you with our services; in order to comply with our legal and contractual obligations; or to protect ourselves from any potential disputes.

Excerpt from LangChain's Privacy Policy

Provision details

Document information
Document
LangChain Privacy Policy
Entity
LangChain
Date stated by the document
April 28, 2024
As printed in LangChain’s text (version CA-V-002499), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
May 12, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-002499, captured May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-065985
Document ID
CA-D-000805
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-002499)
2c4db7c0a6e9dce175ee88ffc3a1a43044bc4fcde2bb29e2925e9a8b3bfd51d8
Analysis generated
May 12, 2026 15:51 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-002499, captured May 12, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: LangChain
Document: LangChain Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-065985
Version: CA-V-002499
Captured: 2026-05-12 06:04:01 UTC
SHA-256: 2c4db7c0a6e9dce1…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/langchain/langchain-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-065985/data-retention-based-on-relationship-and-legal-needs/
Accessed: Oct. 24, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does LangChain's Data Retention Based On Relationship And Legal Needs clause do?

Because three broad retention purposes are identified with no fixed time limit, personal information may be held indefinitely as long as LangChain determines any one purpose remains active.

How does this clause affect you?

LangChain is permitted to retain your personal information across three broad categories of purpose, with no specified maximum retention period beyond what is reasonably needed.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 268 platforms. See the full comparison.

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