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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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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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