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This provision establishes the retention framework governing how long Robinhood maintains personal data in its systems. The operational significance lies in the connection between retention duration and specific institutional purposes—legal compliance, dispute resolution, and contract enforcement—rather than retention by default.
The updated privacy policy reorganizes how Robinhood discloses its handling of financial information, now grouping GLBA-regulated disclosures by individual service entity with updated reference links rather than listing all entities in a single section. The policy also removed coverage of Robinhood Social, meaning privacy practices for that social media product are no longer described in this statement. The revised policy clarifies that it applies when you are logged into services or interact through online customer service channels, and directs users to a separate Robinhood Markets US Online Privacy Statement for information about non-financial data collection practices.
View change record →Users' personal information remains subject to Robinhood's retention practices according to the stated purposes. The specific retention period is determined by the duration of necessity for each stated purpose rather than a fixed time limitation, which means data may be retained for varying periods depending on the underlying purpose.
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Microsoft retains personal data for as long as necessary to provide the products and fulfill the transactions you have requested, or for other legitimate purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. Because these needs can vary for differen...
We keep information as long as we need it to provide our products and services and fulfil the purposes described in this policy. This is a case-by-case determination that depends on things like the nature of the information, why it is collected and processed, relevant legal or operational retention ...
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"We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.— Excerpt from Robinhood's Robinhood Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes the retention framework governing how long Robinhood maintains personal data in its systems. The operational significance lies in the connection between retention duration and specific institutional purposes—legal compliance, dispute resolution, and contract enforcement—rather than retention by default.
Users' personal information remains subject to Robinhood's retention practices according to the stated purposes. The specific retention period is determined by the duration of necessity for each stated purpose rather than a fixed time limitation, which means data may be retained for varying periods depending on the underlying purpose.
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