Skillshare keeps your personal data for as long as your account exists or as long as they need it for legal, financial, or dispute resolution purposes, with no specific maximum time period stated.
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The absence of specific retention periods means your data could be retained indefinitely as long as any of the broadly stated purposes apply, including enforcing agreements, which provides limited clarity for users seeking to understand when their data will be deleted.
Your personal data will be retained for an unspecified duration tied to account activity and broadly defined legal and operational purposes, meaning closing your account may not result in immediate deletion of all personal data Skillshare holds about you.
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"We will retain your Personal Data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services and to maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting purposes. We will also retain and use your Personal Data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.Excerpt from Skillshare's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 5(1)(e) requires that personal data be kept in a form that permits identification no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, known as the storage limitation principle.
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The absence of specific retention periods means your data could be retained indefinitely as long as any of the broadly stated purposes apply, including enforcing agreements, which provides limited clarity for users seeking to understand when their data will be deleted.
Your personal data will be retained for an unspecified duration tied to account activity and broadly defined legal and operational purposes, meaning closing your account may not result in immediate deletion of all personal data Skillshare holds about you.
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