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This clause establishes a temporal limit on how long Midjourney holds Personal Data, tying retention directly to stated purposes.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains a second independent proposition—retention to comply with legal obligations—which was omitted from the canonical claim and recorded here.
Midjourney is required to stop retaining your Personal Data once it is no longer necessary for the stated purposes.
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This clause establishes a temporal limit on how long Midjourney holds Personal Data, tying retention directly to stated purposes.
Midjourney is required to stop retaining your Personal Data once it is no longer necessary for the stated purposes.
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