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We will retain your Data for as long as necessary: (i) to achieve the purposes as set out in this Policy; (ii) as required by applicable laws and regulations, including any mandated retention periods...
Where specific retention periods are required by law, we comply with those timeframes; otherwise, we apply the criteria above to determine how long to retain the information.
If the Services are made available to you through an organization (e.g., your employer), we retain your information as long as required by the administrator of your account.
"Smartsheet may retain copies of Customer Content as part of records, documents, or broader data sets in accordance with Smartsheet's legal and financial compliance obligations, on condition that Smartsheet continues to comply with all the requirements of the Agreement...Excerpt from Smartsheet's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “Smartsheet may retain copies of Customer Content as part of records, documents, or broader data sets in accordance with Smartsheet's legal and financial compliance obligations, on condition that Smartsheet continues to comply with all the requirements of the Agreement...”
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