The policy states that personal data is retained for the period necessary to provide services, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements, after which it is stated to be deleted or anonymized.
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This provision establishes a purpose-based retention framework without specifying fixed retention periods for different data categories, which may affect compliance with GDPR storage limitation requirements and user ability to predict how long their data is held.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify retention periods by data category, creating uncertainty about whether the disclosure meets GDPR Article 13(2)(a) requirements.
Provision now includes specific excerpt detailing retention criteria and the commitment to secure deletion or anonymization of data.
View full change record →Under this clause, Leonardo AI retains personal data including account information, usage data, and generated content for an unspecified period tied to service provision, legal compliance, dispute resolution, and contract enforcement purposes. No specific retention timelines are stated for individual data categories.
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We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. The specific retention periods depend on the type of information and the purposes for which it is processed.
We keep information for as long as we need it to provide our products, comply with legal obligations, or for other legitimate purposes, such as to maintain safety, security, and integrity.
After your account is deleted, we keep data about interactions you've had on our service to prevent abuse, ban evaders and others in an effort to protect and ensure the safety and security of our service and our members.
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"We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our Services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When we no longer need your personal information, we will securely delete or anonymize it.— Excerpt from Leonardo AI's Leonardo AI Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 5(1)(e) requires personal data to be kept in a form permitting identification no longer than necessary for processing purposes (storage limitation principle), and Articles 13/14 require disclosure of retention periods or the criteria used to determine them. The Australian Privacy Act APP 11.2 requires destruction or de-identification of personal information no longer needed. The absence of specific retention periods by data category may not fully satisfy GDPR transparency requirements. Enforcement authorities include EU national DPAs and the OAIC. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The policy uses a purpose-based retention standard without specifying periods per data category, which is common but may not satisfy GDPR Article 13(2)(a) requirements for disclosure of specific retention periods or criteria. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU/EEA users have the most detailed GDPR storage limitation entitlements. Australian users have rights under APP 11.2. California users may request deletion of personal information under CCPA. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement teams should request a data retention schedule from Leonardo AI specifying periods by data category to support their own data mapping and vendor management obligations. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should assess whether the absence of specific retention periods per data category satisfies GDPR Article 13/14 disclosure obligations, and request a documented retention schedule from the company to support DPA and transfer mechanism documentation.
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This provision establishes a purpose-based retention framework without specifying fixed retention periods for different data categories, which may affect compliance with GDPR storage limitation requirements and user ability to predict how long their data is held.
Under this clause, Leonardo AI retains personal data including account information, usage data, and generated content for an unspecified period tied to service provision, legal compliance, dispute resolution, and contract enforcement purposes. No specific retention timelines are stated for individual data categories.
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