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We retain Commercial Content as necessary to provide our services to users, for internal record keeping, and for product improvement and safety purposes.
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.
In the event of Account deletion for any reason, the Company may, but is not obligated to, delete any of Your Content. the Company shall not be responsible for the failure to delete or deletion of Your Content.
"We may also keep data that has been removed from the Spotify Service for a limited period of time. This could be: to help ensure user safety, or to protect against harmful content on our platform.Excerpt from Spotify's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “We may also keep data that has been removed from the Spotify Service for a limited period of time. This could be: to help ensure user safety, or to protect against harmful content on our platform.”
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