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Perplexity must notify Customer of legally required retention and delete after expiry

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
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Perplexity shall notify Customer without undue delay of such legal requirement and shall upon the expiration of such retention obligation delete (or, at Customer's option, return) the Personal Data.

Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Data Processing Addendum

Applicable regulations

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

Provision details

Document information
Document
Perplexity Data Processing Addendum
Entity
Perplexity AI
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 20, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-060450
Document ID
CA-D-00763
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
63330764edf10647a51ca197723ef717b3e1db5fabfb778068184b91e31fc670
Analysis generated
May 20, 2026 22:20 UTC
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Citation Record
Entity: Perplexity AI
Document: Perplexity Data Processing Addendum
Record ID: CA-P-060450
Captured: 2026-05-20 22:20:53 UTC
SHA-256: 63330764edf10647…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/perplexity-ai/perplexity-data-processing-addendum/provision/CA-P-060450/perplexity-must-notify-customer-of-legally-required-retention-and-delete-after-expiry/
Accessed: Aug. 11, 2026
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What does Perplexity AI's Perplexity must notify Customer of legally required retention and delete after expiry clause do?

The clause states: “Perplexity shall notify Customer without undue delay of such legal requirement and shall upon the expiration of such retention obligation delete (or, at Customer's option, return) the Personal Data.”

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