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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 retain Personal Data that you provide to us where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so... When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Data, we securely delete the information or anonymize it...
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.
"The original videos in your Ring account, however, are not deleted until you delete them in the Ring app or Ring.com or they reach the expiration of your Ring Protect Plan's applicable storage period.Excerpt from Ring's Privacy Notice
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The clause states: “The original videos in your Ring account, however, are not deleted until you delete them in the Ring app or Ring.com or they reach the expiration of your Ring Protect Plan's applicable storage period.”
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