The policy states that personal data is retained for the duration necessary to provide services and meet legal obligations, after which Tabnine takes steps to delete or anonymize it, without specifying fixed retention periods for individual data categories.
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The absence of specific retention periods for categories such as code snippet data, telemetry, and account information means users and enterprise customers cannot determine from the policy alone when their data will be deleted. GDPR's data minimization and storage limitation principles require that retention periods be defined and justified.
Interpretive note: The policy does not provide specific retention periods per data category; the practical scope of deletion rights for AI model-embedded data is operationally uncertain.
The updated privacy policy no longer includes explicit language stating that Tabnine respects user privacy and the user's right to control how personal data is collected, used, and shared. This language removal does not necessarily change what data practices are authorized under other sections of the policy, but it does remove an aspirational commitment that was previously stated. The policy may continue to describe specific data practices, collection methods, and user controls elsewhere, but readers will no longer see this opening commitment to privacy and user control.
View change record →Current version removes the specific reference to account closure and "reasonable period" timeframe, replacing it with more general language about deletion when data is "no longer needed."
View full change record →Under this clause, personal data including code snippets, telemetry, and account information is retained for an unspecified duration tied to service necessity and legal obligations. Users wishing to exercise deletion rights must submit a request to privacy@tabnine.com.
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We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. The specific retention periods depend on the type of information and the purposes for which it is processed.
We keep information for as long as we need it to provide our products, comply with legal obligations, or for other legitimate purposes, such as to maintain safety, security, and integrity.
After your account is deleted, we keep data about interactions you've had on our service to prevent abuse, ban evaders and others in an effort to protect and ensure the safety and security of our service and our members.
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"We retain personal data for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When personal data is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to delete or anonymize it.— Excerpt from Tabnine's Tabnine Privacy Policy
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 5(1)(e) requires that personal data be kept in a form permitting identification no longer than necessary (storage limitation). The absence of specific retention schedules in the policy may require evaluation against GDPR's transparency obligation under Article 13/14, which requires that data subjects be informed of retention periods or the criteria used to determine them. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Vague retention language creates compliance exposure in jurisdictions requiring specific retention disclosures. For code snippet data used in AI training, the practical ability to delete training data embedded in model weights is technically uncertain and may affect the fulfillment of erasure requests. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU/EEA and UK users have the strongest right to specific retention information under GDPR/UK GDPR. California's CCPA requires disclosure of the period for which personal information will be retained or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise DPAs should specify retention periods for each category of data processed under the agreement, particularly code snippet data and telemetry. Contracts should address the technical mechanism for deletion and whether model-embedded data is covered by deletion obligations. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should request a data retention schedule from Tabnine as part of vendor due diligence. The policy's reference to anonymization as an alternative to deletion should be scrutinized against GDPR's standard for genuine anonymization, as pseudonymized data retains personal data status.
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The absence of specific retention periods for categories such as code snippet data, telemetry, and account information means users and enterprise customers cannot determine from the policy alone when their data will be deleted. GDPR's data minimization and storage limitation principles require that retention periods be defined and justified.
Under this clause, personal data including code snippets, telemetry, and account information is retained for an unspecified duration tied to service necessity and legal obligations. Users wishing to exercise deletion rights must submit a request to privacy@tabnine.com.
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