“We take steps to permanently destroy any biometric data we maintain within the applicable timeframe specified by law or when it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected...”
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The commitment is to take steps toward destruction rather than guaranteeing destruction, and the timeframe is governed by variable applicable law, meaning retention periods may differ by jurisdiction.
Interpretive note: The phrase 'takes steps to permanently destroy' is qualified language — it does not guarantee destruction, only efforts toward it. This distinction is material but is preserved in the canonical claim. The two triggers (legal timeframe and end of purpose) are alternative conditions; the primary one stated is the legal timeframe.
Your biometric data held by Thomson Reuters will be subject to a destruction process triggered either by legal deadlines or by the end of its collection purpose — whichever applies.
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We will promptly destroy personal information at the end of the retention period, as described above. When we destroy personal information, we do so in a way that prevents that information from being restored or reconstructed.
We will retain your Data for as long as necessary: (i) to achieve the purposes as set out in this Policy; (ii) as required by applicable laws and regulations, including any mandated retention periods...
Where specific retention periods are required by law, we comply with those timeframes; otherwise, we apply the criteria above to determine how long to retain the information.
"We take steps to permanently destroy any biometric data we maintain within the applicable timeframe specified by law or when it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected...Excerpt from Thomson Reuters's Privacy
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The commitment is to take steps toward destruction rather than guaranteeing destruction, and the timeframe is governed by variable applicable law, meaning retention periods may differ by jurisdiction.
Your biometric data held by Thomson Reuters will be subject to a destruction process triggered either by legal deadlines or by the end of its collection purpose — whichever applies.
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