“for 7 years from collection (unless you first delete your Uber account) if necessary for purposes of Uber's tax, insurance, legal or regulatory requirements; subject to Uber's legitimate interests in defending...”
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Data may be held for up to 7 years based on Uber's own tax, insurance, legal, or regulatory needs, with account deletion as the only user-side condition that can shorten that period.
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Your data may be kept by Uber for up to 7 years from when it was collected for tax, insurance, legal, or regulatory reasons, and deleting your account may prevent this retention.
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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...
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide the products and fulfill the transactions you have requested, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and other legitimate...
We may continue to retain some information even after you delete your account if we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws.
"for 7 years from collection (unless you first delete your Uber account) if necessary for purposes of Uber's tax, insurance, legal or regulatory requirements; subject to Uber's legitimate interests in defending...Excerpt from Uber's Privacy Notice
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Data may be held for up to 7 years based on Uber's own tax, insurance, legal, or regulatory needs, with account deletion as the only user-side condition that can shorten that period.
Your data may be kept by Uber for up to 7 years from when it was collected for tax, insurance, legal, or regulatory reasons, and deleting your account may prevent this retention.
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