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The provision operationalizes how long Thomson Reuters maintains personal data across its systems and establishes the criteria governing retention decisions. This framework directly affects data lifecycle management, compliance with regulatory retention mandates, and the timing of data deletion or anonymization processes.
Under this clause, personal information remains retained according to Thomson Reuters' assessment of necessity across specified categories—legal obligations, reporting requirements, and purpose fulfillment. The terms do not establish fixed deletion timelines but authorize retention based on the company's determination of necessity against stated factors.
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"We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process the personal information, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, as well as applicable legal requirements.— Excerpt from Thomson Reuters's Thomson Reuters Privacy
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The provision operationalizes how long Thomson Reuters maintains personal data across its systems and establishes the criteria governing retention decisions. This framework directly affects data lifecycle management, compliance with regulatory retention mandates, and the timing of data deletion or anonymization processes.
Under this clause, personal information remains retained according to Thomson Reuters' assessment of necessity across specified categories—legal obligations, reporting requirements, and purpose fulfillment. The terms do not establish fixed deletion timelines but authorize retention based on the company's determination of necessity against stated factors.
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