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This provision establishes T-Mobile's operational framework for data lifecycle management, requiring documented retention decisions based on defined criteria rather than indefinite storage. The framework creates institutional constraints on how long customer data remains in active systems.
Users' personal data will be retained according to the retention criteria T-Mobile establishes based on the factors outlined—sensitivity level, risk assessment, purpose necessity, and legal obligations. The terms do not specify fixed retention periods but instead authorize T-Mobile to apply these evaluation criteria to determine appropriate retention windows.
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We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide you with our products and services, to comply with our legal obligations, to resolve disputes, to enforce our agreements, and for other legitimate and lawful business purposes.
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...
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"We strive to keep your personal data for only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this notice unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law. To decide how long to keep personal data, we consider things like: The amount, nature, and sensitivity of the data. The potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the data. The purposes for which we obtained the data. Whether we can achieve those purposes through other means. Applicable legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.— Excerpt from T-Mobile's T-Mobile Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes T-Mobile's operational framework for data lifecycle management, requiring documented retention decisions based on defined criteria rather than indefinite storage. The framework creates institutional constraints on how long customer data remains in active systems.
Users' personal data will be retained according to the retention criteria T-Mobile establishes based on the factors outlined—sensitivity level, risk assessment, purpose necessity, and legal obligations. The terms do not specify fixed retention periods but instead authorize T-Mobile to apply these evaluation criteria to determine appropriate retention windows.
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