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Data retention for compliance and fraud prevention is standard operational practice in payment processing, as financial services entities are subject to regulatory mandates requiring preservation of transaction records and fraud detection capabilities for specified periods.
The provision establishes that user data and transaction records may be retained in Stripe's systems for extended periods determined by legal and fraud prevention requirements, rather than being deleted immediately upon service termination or inactivity.
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We store information until it is no longer necessary to provide our services and WhatsApp Products, or until your account is deleted or becomes inactive, whichever comes first. This is a case-by-case determination that depends on things like the nature of the information, why it is collected and pro...
You may request deletion of your account at any time. When you request account deletion, we will delete or anonymize your personal information unless we are required to retain it by law, or unless we need to retain it for legitimate business purposes such as resolving disputes, enforcing our agreeme...
We'll retain your Personal Data for only as long as we need in order to provide our Services to you, or for other legitimate business purposes such as resolving disputes, safety and security reasons, or complying with our legal obligations. How long we retain Personal Data will depend on a number of...
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Data retention for compliance and fraud prevention is standard operational practice in payment processing, as financial services entities are subject to regulatory mandates requiring preservation of transaction records and fraud detection capabilities for specified periods.
The provision establishes that user data and transaction records may be retained in Stripe's systems for extended periods determined by legal and fraud prevention requirements, rather than being deleted immediately upon service termination or inactivity.
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