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The clause establishes a general limit on how long Tabnine holds user information, but the qualifier 'reasonable business and lawful needs' gives Tabnine meaningful discretion over the retention period.
Interpretive note: The word 'generally' leaves open exceptions that are not specified in the excerpt. 'Reasonable business and lawful needs' is broad and undefined, making the effective retention limit difficult to assess.
Users' data is retained for a period determined by Tabnine's assessment of what is necessary for its Services and its reasonable business and lawful needs, with no fixed maximum duration stated.
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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...
"Generally, Tabnine does not retain information longer than necessary to provide its Services and for its reasonable business and lawful needs.Excerpt from Tabnine's Privacy Policy
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The clause establishes a general limit on how long Tabnine holds user information, but the qualifier 'reasonable business and lawful needs' gives Tabnine meaningful discretion over the retention period.
Users' data is retained for a period determined by Tabnine's assessment of what is necessary for its Services and its reasonable business and lawful needs, with no fixed maximum duration stated.
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