“Where required under applicable laws, we retain personal information only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and processed, in accordance with our retention policies...”
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The claim establishes that the retention limitation is conditional on applicable law requiring it, meaning the obligation to limit retention does not apply universally but only where law mandates it.
Interpretive note: The conditional qualifier 'Where required under applicable laws' is material—it limits the scope of the retention obligation and is preserved in all fields.
Where applicable laws require it, your personal information will be kept by PlanetScale only as long as necessary for the purposes it was collected, consistent with its retention policies.
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We will retain your Data for as long as necessary: (i) to achieve the purposes as set out in this Policy; (ii) as required by applicable laws and regulations, including any mandated retention periods...
We will only retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was originally collected.
At the end of the retention period, personal information will be deleted, destroyed, or deidentified.
"Where required under applicable laws, we retain personal information only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and processed, in accordance with our retention policies...Excerpt from PlanetScale's Privacy Policy
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The claim establishes that the retention limitation is conditional on applicable law requiring it, meaning the obligation to limit retention does not apply universally but only where law mandates it.
Where applicable laws require it, your personal information will be kept by PlanetScale only as long as necessary for the purposes it was collected, consistent with its retention policies.
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