Robinhood keeps your personal information for as long as it needs it for services, legal compliance, or dispute resolution, and states it will delete or anonymize data when it is no longer needed.
This analysis describes what Robinhood's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
The retention period is defined broadly by reference to legal obligations and dispute resolution rather than a fixed timeframe, meaning sensitive financial and identity data may be retained for extended periods depending on applicable regulatory requirements.
Interpretive note: CPRA may require more granular retention period disclosures by data category than this general statement provides; whether Robinhood's disclosure satisfies CPRA transparency requirements depends on regulatory interpretation.
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 →Added specific retention timeframe (up to 5 years post-relationship) and regulatory compliance reasoning; removed explicit commitment to remove/anonymize data.
View full change record →The policy does not specify a fixed data retention period and instead references open-ended criteria including legal obligations and dispute resolution, which means sensitive data including SSNs and financial records may be retained for the duration of applicable regulatory record-keeping requirements.
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Further, you may take legal actions in relation to any potential breach of your rights regarding the processing of your Personal Information, as well as to lodge complaints before the competent data prot...
"We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide you with our services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When we no longer need to use your information, we will take steps to remove it from our systems or anonymize it.Excerpt from Robinhood's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GLBA and SEC/FINRA record-keeping rules impose specific minimum retention periods for financial records that may require Robinhood to retain certain data for multiple years regardless of consumer deletion requests.
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The retention period is defined broadly by reference to legal obligations and dispute resolution rather than a fixed timeframe, meaning sensitive financial and identity data may be retained for extended periods depending on applicable regulatory requirements.
The policy does not specify a fixed data retention period and instead references open-ended criteria including legal obligations and dispute resolution, which means sensitive data including SSNs and financial records may be retained for the duration of applicable regulatory record-keeping requirements.
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