This analysis describes what Starbucks's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
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We may retain some of your Data even after you cease to use our Services, for instance if the Data is necessary to meet our legal obligations, such as tax and accounting requirements.
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.
"We may need to keep your data for longer than our specified retention periods to honor your requests, including to continue keeping you opted out of marketing emails, or to comply with legal, regulatory, accounting...Excerpt from Starbucks's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “We may need to keep your data for longer than our specified retention periods to honor your requests, including to continue keeping you opted out of marketing emails, or to comply with legal, regulatory, accounting...”
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