The policy states that personal information is retained as long as necessary for the purposes collected, for legal compliance, dispute resolution, and agreement enforcement, without specifying fixed retention periods for individual data categories.
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The absence of specific retention periods for individual personal information categories, particularly health and pharmacy data, creates compliance considerations under CCPA/CPRA's data minimization requirements and HIPAA's record retention standards. Retention periods that are not bounded by specific timelines may face scrutiny under CPRA's proportionality standard.
Interpretive note: The specific retention periods applied to individual data categories in practice cannot be determined from the policy text; category-specific schedules would require operational verification.
Under this provision, Walgreens retains personal information for purposes-based and legally necessary periods without specifying maximum retention timelines for specific data categories including health, pharmacy, or behavioral data.
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The absence of specific retention periods for individual personal information categories, particularly health and pharmacy data, creates compliance considerations under CCPA/CPRA's data minimization requirements and HIPAA's record retention standards. Retention periods that are not bounded by specific timelines may face scrutiny under CPRA's proportionality standard.
Under this provision, Walgreens retains personal information for purposes-based and legally necessary periods without specifying maximum retention timelines for specific data categories including health, pharmacy, or behavioral data.
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