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The retention period is not fixed; it lasts as long as Workday determines a legitimate business need exists, which may extend significantly beyond the end of a service relationship.
Your personal information may be retained indefinitely so long as Workday identifies a continuing legitimate business need.
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We retain Personal Data that you provide to us where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so... When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Data, we securely delete the information or anonymize it...
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.
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.
"We keep your personal information for as long as we have a legitimate business need to do so (for example, to provide you with a service you have requested or to comply with applicable legal, tax, or accounting requirements).Excerpt from Workday's Privacy Statement
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The retention period is not fixed; it lasts as long as Workday determines a legitimate business need exists, which may extend significantly beyond the end of a service relationship.
Your personal information may be retained indefinitely so long as Workday identifies a continuing legitimate business need.
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