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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.
in the course of providing the Services, we may create, collect and/or maintain de-personalized information, which we may retain indefinitely.
"In some cases we choose to retain certain information (e.g., insights about Services use) in a depersonalized or aggregated form.Excerpt from LinkedIn's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “In some cases we choose to retain certain information (e.g., insights about Services use) in a depersonalized or aggregated form.”
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