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Retention periods vary by legal and business needs

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1629 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Oura Medium

Oura also has legal obligations to retain certain personal data for a specific period of time, such as for tax purposes. These required retention periods may include, for example, accounting and tax requirements, legal claims...

HubSpot Medium

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...

Faire Medium

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the information...

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Retention periods vary according to specific legal, auditing, regulatory and business needs.

Excerpt from State Farm's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
FCRA
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
GLBA
United States Federal
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN

Provision details

Document information
Document
State Farm Privacy Policy
Entity
State Farm
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
May 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-053888
Document ID
CA-D-00597
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
f2ccf7b683bd01b58b07475a3f1bd9b1cef53966b7e4e17b8f3596adbeb0120b
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 08:30 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: State Farm
Document: State Farm Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-053888
Captured: 2026-05-07 08:30:05 UTC
SHA-256: f2ccf7b683bd01b5…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/state-farm/state-farm-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-053888/retention-periods-vary-by-legal-and-business-needs/
Accessed: Aug. 11, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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What does State Farm's Retention periods vary by legal and business needs clause do?

The clause states: “Retention periods vary according to specific legal, auditing, regulatory and business needs.”

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