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Personal information is retained for a minimum of 10 years after the relationship ends, and an open-ended exception permits indefinite retention beyond that period.
Interpretive note: The exception 'unless we need to keep it longer' introduces an indeterminate additional retention period with no criteria stated in the excerpt; this is noted in omitted_material but kept out of reader-facing prose per instructions.
Your personal information will be held by Venmo for at least 10 years after your relationship with Venmo ends, and potentially longer if Venmo determines it needs to retain it.
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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 shall promptly destroy personal information without delay when the retention period has expired or when the purpose of processing has been achieved, and the personal information is no longer necessary.
When Personal Information is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected, we securely delete, anonymize, or put it beyond use.
"Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years, unless we need to keep it longer...Excerpt from Venmo's Privacy Policy
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Personal information is retained for a minimum of 10 years after the relationship ends, and an open-ended exception permits indefinite retention beyond that period.
Your personal information will be held by Venmo for at least 10 years after your relationship with Venmo ends, and potentially longer if Venmo determines it needs to retain it.
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