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We may retain your Personal Data for a period of time consistent with the original purpose of collection...or as long as required to fulfill our legal and/or regulatory obligations.
Your personal data will be deleted when it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was originally collected, unless we have a legal obligation to retain data for a longer period of time.
We collect and keep personal data only as needed or allowed for the purposes set out in this Statement, based on the reason we collected the personal data in the first instance and what is permitted under the laws that apply to the processing.
"We store the information we collect for as long as it is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it.Excerpt from Reddit's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “We store the information we collect for as long as it is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it.”
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