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Retention is bounded by the purposes enumerated in Section 4, meaning data should not be kept indefinitely or for unrelated purposes.
Interpretive note: The clause references Section 4 for the governing purposes but Section 4's content is not provided here, so the full scope of permissible retention cannot be assessed from this excerpt alone.
Your personal information will not be retained beyond what is necessary for the purposes Scale AI has identified in Section 4.
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Retention is bounded by the purposes enumerated in Section 4, meaning data should not be kept indefinitely or for unrelated purposes.
Your personal information will not be retained beyond what is necessary for the purposes Scale AI has identified in Section 4.
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