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Retention for Duration of Account or Service Need

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1629 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

HubSpot Medium

We retain Personal Data that you provide to us where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so... When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Data, we securely delete the information or anonymize it...

Affirm Medium

Affirm will retain your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and any applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation.

Grindr Medium

In limited circumstances, we may retain certain information for purposes including safety, security, fraud prevention, and compliance with our legal obligations.

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Where we need to use Personal Data to provide you with our Services... we will retain your Personal Data for the lifetime of your account or as long as necessary to provide you with the relevant feature or functionality of our Services.

Excerpt from OnlyFans's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

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

Provision details

Document information
Document
OnlyFans Privacy Policy
Entity
OnlyFans
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-058736
Document ID
CA-D-00724
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
f66fead6003f14a9866490965d62e4b002c0df6c6cb44165bd6befef8a9818fa
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 17:25 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: OnlyFans
Document: OnlyFans Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-058736
Captured: 2026-07-09 17:25:42 UTC
SHA-256: f66fead6003f14a9…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/onlyfans/onlyfans-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-058736/retention-for-duration-of-account-or-service-need/
Accessed: Aug. 11, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
Categories

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What does OnlyFans's Retention for Duration of Account or Service Need clause do?

The clause states: “Where we need to use Personal Data to provide you with our Services... we will retain your Personal Data for the lifetime of your account or as long as necessary to provide you with the relevant feature or functionality of our Services.”

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