“We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we have collected it.”
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This limits indefinite retention of personal data, tying storage duration to the specific purpose for which data was originally gathered.
Your Personal Data will not be kept by Shopify beyond the time necessary for the purposes it was collected to serve.
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Your personal information will be retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by Nigerian law. When we destroy your personal information, we do so in a way that prevents that information from being restored or reconstructed.
We will store your personal data only for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
We retain Personal Information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this General Privacy Policy, including to provide Websites, maintain business operations...
"We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we have collected it.Excerpt from Shopify's Privacy Policy
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This limits indefinite retention of personal data, tying storage duration to the specific purpose for which data was originally gathered.
Your Personal Data will not be kept by Shopify beyond the time necessary for the purposes it was collected to serve.
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