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The right to retrieve Customer Data is time-limited to 30 days and conditioned on written notice, meaning data may become inaccessible if the customer fails to act promptly or provide proper notice.
The customer must provide written notice to Snowflake and act within 30 calendar days of termination or expiration to retrieve their data; the access is restricted solely to retrieval.
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We may continue to retain some information even after you delete your account if we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws.
We will promptly destroy personal information at the end of the retention period, as described above. When we destroy personal information, we do so in a way that prevents that information from being restored or reconstructed.
we will delete your account data after three years of inactivity.
"Upon written notice to Snowflake, Customer will have up to thirty (30) calendar days from termination or expiration of this Agreement to access the Service solely to the extent necessary to retrieve Customer Data...Excerpt from Snowflake's Terms of Service
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The right to retrieve Customer Data is time-limited to 30 days and conditioned on written notice, meaning data may become inaccessible if the customer fails to act promptly or provide proper notice.
The customer must provide written notice to Snowflake and act within 30 calendar days of termination or expiration to retrieve their data; the access is restricted solely to retrieval.
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