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We retain Personal Data that you provide to us where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so... When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Data, we securely delete the information or anonymize it...
We store your personal information for a period of time that is consistent with the business purposes set forth in Section 3 of this policy or as long as needed to fulfill and comply with legal obligations.
If the disclosing party sends a written request, the receiving party will promptly return or destroy all Confidential Information received from the disclosing party, together with copies, except that a party may retain archival copies in accordance with its document retention policy or as required b...
"Slack may retain Other Information pertaining to you for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy...This may include keeping your Other Information after you have deactivated your account for the period of time needed for Slack to pursue legitimate business interests, conduct audits...Excerpt from Slack's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “Slack may retain Other Information pertaining to you for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy...This may include keeping your Other Information after you have deactivated your account for the period of time needed for Slack to pursue legitimate business interests, conduct audits...”
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