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Data retention limited to necessary period for services and business needs

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Key Facts

Does Tabnine retain information longer than necessary to provide its Services?
Tabnine generally does not retain information longer than necessary to provide its Services and for its reasonable business and lawful needs.
Does Tabnine retain information longer than necessary for its reasonable business and lawful needs?
Tabnine generally does not retain information longer than necessary to provide its Services and for its reasonable business and lawful needs.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

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.

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.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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.

How other platforms handle this

Palantir Medium

We collect and keep personal data only as needed or allowed for the purposes set out in this Statement, based on the reason we collected the personal data in the first instance and what is permitted under the laws that apply to the processing.

Mistral AI Medium

Mistral AI shall retain the Customer Exportable Data and Assets for a period of thirty (30) days from the earlier between (a) the expiration of the Transitional Period or (b) Customer's notification under Section 2.2.2 (b) of these Additional Terms.

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...

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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

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN

Provision details

Document information
Document
Tabnine Privacy Policy
Entity
Tabnine
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-048796
Document ID
CA-D-00488
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
5b23d1e7aaca39a340789179948cca2f70dcaf39ff0bd9e9ae8a808a501611e8
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 08:11 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Tabnine
Document: Tabnine Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-048796
Captured: 2026-07-09 08:11:00 UTC
SHA-256: 5b23d1e7aaca39a3…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/tabnine/tabnine-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-048796/data-retention-limited-to-necessary-period-for-services-and-business-needs/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Tabnine's Data retention limited to necessary period for services and business needs clause do?

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.

How does this clause affect you?

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.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 275 platforms. See the full comparison.

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