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Data Retention

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What it is

Monday.com keeps your personal data for as long as it needs to provide services and meet legal obligations, with no fixed retention period specified in the policy, and you can request deletion by contacting privacy@monday.com.

This analysis describes what Monday.com's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The absence of specific retention periods means personal data may be retained for an indeterminate period after you stop using the service, until you actively request deletion or your account is closed.

Interpretive note: The policy does not specify retention periods for individual data categories, and the criteria for determining 'necessity' are not defined, creating ambiguity about how long specific data types are retained in practice.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your personal data will be retained indefinitely until you request deletion or monday.com determines it is no longer needed, as the policy does not specify fixed retention timeframes for individual data categories.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Delete Your Data
    Email privacy@monday.com to request deletion of your personal data. Clearly identify your account and specify whether you want all data deleted or only specific categories. Retain a copy of your request for your records.

How other platforms handle this

Smartsheet Medium

We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include: the length of ...

Shopify Medium

We may retain de-identified or aggregated information that can no longer be used to identify you for any period of time, including indefinitely.

Webull Medium

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, or as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We retain personal data for as long as necessary to provide you with our services and as described in this Privacy Policy. We may also retain personal data for as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services, contact us at privacy@monday.com.

— Excerpt from Monday.com's Monday.com Privacy Policy

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 5(1)(e) requires personal data to be kept in a form that permits identification for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data are processed (storage limitation). The absence of specific retention periods in a consumer-facing policy may not meet the transparency standard under GDPR Article 13(2)(a), which requires disclosure of retention periods or the criteria used to determine them. The FTC and CCPA/CPRA also require transparent disclosure of data retention practices. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The policy's reliance on general necessity-based retention without specifying periods for individual data categories creates regulatory exposure under GDPR's storage limitation principle. Supervisory authorities have taken enforcement action against organizations that retain data beyond the period necessary for the stated purpose. Enterprise customers should confirm in the DPA what retention periods apply to customer data. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: GDPR-regulated organizations are most exposed, as the storage limitation principle is a core GDPR requirement and vague retention language has been cited in enforcement actions. California CPRA requires disclosure of retention periods per category of personal information in the privacy notice. UK ICO guidance requires controllers to have documented retention schedules. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise DPAs should specify maximum retention periods for customer data and the procedure for data return or deletion upon contract termination. The DPA should address whether monday.com retains anonymized or aggregated derivatives of customer data after deletion, and whether such retention satisfies the deletion obligation. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should request monday.com's data retention schedule or records of processing activities to confirm that retention periods are documented internally even if not published in the consumer-facing policy. Data deletion requests submitted to privacy@monday.com should be tested to confirm timely and complete execution. Internal RoPA entries for monday.com processing should document the retention period in use.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has authority over vague or inadequate data retention disclosures as potentially deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act.
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Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN

Provision details

Document information
Document
Monday.com Privacy Policy
Entity
Monday.com
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-008746
Document ID
CA-D-00554
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
cc7438a0a1190b919e18920b4392c76cbd5a30ebf48756d7000dfa42159e6e7a
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 23:01 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Monday.com
Document: Monday.com Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-008746
Captured: 2026-05-07 23:01:40 UTC
SHA-256: cc7438a0a1190b91…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/mondaycom/mondaycom-privacy-policy/data-retention/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Monday.com's Data Retention clause do?

The absence of specific retention periods means personal data may be retained for an indeterminate period after you stop using the service, until you actively request deletion or your account is closed.

How does this clause affect you?

Your personal data will be retained indefinitely until you request deletion or monday.com determines it is no longer needed, as the policy does not specify fixed retention timeframes for individual data categories.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 115 platforms. See the full comparison.

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