Thomson Reuters keeps your personal data for as long as it needs to for its stated purposes, legal obligations, or as otherwise permitted by law, rather than for a fixed maximum period.
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Open-ended retention periods mean personal data may be held for extended periods, particularly where legal or regulatory requirements create long retention obligations, reducing individuals' practical ability to have data deleted.
Interpretive note: The statement does not provide specific retention periods by data category, making it difficult to assess the practical duration of data retention for any given type of personal information.
Removal of retention standards eliminates transparency around data retention practices and removes user-visible factors considered in retention decisions.
View full change record →Your personal information may be retained by Thomson Reuters indefinitely for certain purposes, such as legal compliance, even after you stop using its services or request deletion, with the duration determined by Thomson Reuters based on its assessment of applicable requirements.
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"We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, and as required or permitted by applicable law. When determining how long to retain personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure, and applicable legal requirements.Excerpt from Thomson Reuters's Privacy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Data retention engages GDPR's storage limitation principle (Article 5(1)(e)), which requires that personal data not be kept longer than necessary for the specified purpose.
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Open-ended retention periods mean personal data may be held for extended periods, particularly where legal or regulatory requirements create long retention obligations, reducing individuals' practical ability to have data deleted.
Your personal information may be retained by Thomson Reuters indefinitely for certain purposes, such as legal compliance, even after you stop using its services or request deletion, with the duration determined by Thomson Reuters based on its assessment of applicable requirements.
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