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A user's deletion request does not guarantee data removal; OpenSea retains discretion to keep data under several broad but qualified grounds.
Interpretive note: The excerpt appears to be truncated after 'enforce our Terms', which may indicate additional grounds exist in the original document.
Requesting deletion of your data does not require OpenSea to delete it if OpenSea determines retention is reasonably necessary under any of the stated grounds.
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A user's deletion request does not guarantee data removal; OpenSea retains discretion to keep data under several broad but qualified grounds.
Requesting deletion of your data does not require OpenSea to delete it if OpenSea determines retention is reasonably necessary under any of the stated grounds.
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