RapidAPI keeps your personal data for as long as it needs it for business and legal purposes, with no specific timeframes stated for most data types.
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The absence of specific retention periods makes it difficult for users to know how long their data is held, and GDPR requires organizations to define and communicate retention periods with greater specificity than this clause provides.
Interpretive note: The policy does not provide category-specific retention periods, and the adequacy of the disclosure under GDPR Articles 13 and 14 is uncertain without reviewing the full policy text.
Your personal data may be retained by RapidAPI indefinitely for broadly defined business purposes, and the policy does not specify maximum retention periods for different categories of data, which limits your ability to anticipate when your data will be deleted.
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"We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When we no longer need your personal information, we will delete or anonymize it.Excerpt from RapidAPI's Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 5(1)(e) requires data to be kept in a form that permits identification for no longer than necessary for the stated purpose (storage limitation principle).
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The absence of specific retention periods makes it difficult for users to know how long their data is held, and GDPR requires organizations to define and communicate retention periods with greater specificity than this clause provides.
Your personal data may be retained by RapidAPI indefinitely for broadly defined business purposes, and the policy does not specify maximum retention periods for different categories of data, which limits your ability to anticipate when your data will be deleted.
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