Public.com retains your personal data for as long as necessary for business purposes or as required by law, and users may request deletion of their data subject to certain exceptions.
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The retention standard is defined by operational necessity and legal obligation rather than a fixed time period, which means data retention duration varies depending on the specific purpose and legal requirement applicable to each data category.
Your personal and financial data may be retained for extended periods even after you close your account, and deletion requests may be denied for legal, regulatory, or business reasons.
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Please note there are situations where Spotify is unable to delete your data, for example when: it's still necessary to process the data for the purpose we collected it for; we have an overriding interest in continuing to process the data, for example where we need the data to protect our services f...
If you follow the instructions here, your account will be deactivated and your data will be queued for deletion. When deactivated, your X account, including your display name, username, and public profile, will no longer be viewable on X.com, X for iOS, and X for Android. For up to 30 days after dea...
When you delete your account, your profile is no longer visible to other users and disassociated from content you posted under that account. Please note, however, that the posts, comments, and messages you submitted prior to deleting your account will still be visible to others unless you first dele...
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"We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our Services and fulfill the transactions you have requested, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and for other legitimate and lawful business purposes.— Excerpt from Public.com's Public.com Privacy Policy
Data retention practices must align with SEC and FINRA recordkeeping requirements for broker-dealers, which mandate preservation of certain customer records; legal teams should ensure retention schedules are defensible and disclosed accurately.
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The retention standard is defined by operational necessity and legal obligation rather than a fixed time period, which means data retention duration varies depending on the specific purpose and legal requirement applicable to each data category.
Your personal and financial data may be retained for extended periods even after you close your account, and deletion requests may be denied for legal, regulatory, or business reasons.
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