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Personal Information Retained as Needed for Services and Legal Obligations

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1629 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Cloudflare Medium

We store your personal information for a period of time that is consistent with the business purposes set forth in Section 3 of this policy or as long as needed to fulfill and comply with legal obligations.

Salesforce Medium

We may retain your Personal Data for a period of time consistent with the original purpose of collection...or as long as required to fulfill our legal and/or regulatory obligations.

Walmart Medium

We will keep the personal information we collect about you for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes set forth in this Privacy Notice...but no longer than as required or permitted under applicable law or internal Walmart policy.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We retain your personal information as needed to provide our Service to you, comply with legal obligations, or protect ours or others interests.

Excerpt from Windsurf's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN

Provision details

Document information
Document
Windsurf Privacy Policy
Entity
Windsurf
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-044570
Document ID
CA-D-00486
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
8ae03e5811c24ed5bbaea9f9c76490240433de69cd8dd9fe5ba748fe87ea971b
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 08:07 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Windsurf
Document: Windsurf Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-044570
Captured: 2026-07-09 08:07:32 UTC
SHA-256: 8ae03e5811c24ed5…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/windsurf/windsurf-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-044570/personal-information-retained-as-needed-for-services-and-legal-obligations/
Accessed: July 28, 2026
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What does Windsurf's Personal Information Retained as Needed for Services and Legal Obligations clause do?

The clause states: “We retain your personal information as needed to provide our Service to you, comply with legal obligations, or protect ours or others interests.”

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