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This provision establishes the operational framework for Target's data retention practices by specifying retention is conditioned on purpose fulfillment and regulatory compliance obligations, rather than indefinite storage or user-controlled deletion timelines.
Users' personal information will be retained according to Target's determination of necessity for stated purposes and legal obligations. The provision does not establish specific retention periods or user mechanisms to request deletion outside these stated purposes.
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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...
We'll retain your Personal Data for only as long as we need in order to provide our Services to you, or for other legitimate business purposes such as resolving disputes, safety and security reasons, or complying with our legal obligations. How long we retain Personal Data will depend on a number of...
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"We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements.— Excerpt from Target's Target Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes the operational framework for Target's data retention practices by specifying retention is conditioned on purpose fulfillment and regulatory compliance obligations, rather than indefinite storage or user-controlled deletion timelines.
Users' personal information will be retained according to Target's determination of necessity for stated purposes and legal obligations. The provision does not establish specific retention periods or user mechanisms to request deletion outside these stated purposes.
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