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The retention period is open-ended during the relationship and extends significantly beyond it, meaning B2B personal data may be held for a very long time depending on relationship length.
Individuals whose Personal Information was submitted via a Website form in a B2B context—to become a Network Financial Institution or Service Provider—should be aware their data may be retained for the entire relationship plus up to a decade after it ends.
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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 your personal information in an identifiable form for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Notice.
After you submit a request to delete your account, we initiate a deletion process to safely and completely remove your data from our servers or retain it only in anonymized form.
"Length of business/commercial relationship plus up to 10 years (for B2B Personal Information received via a form on the Website to become a Network Financial Institution or Service Provider) for 4b belowExcerpt from Zelle's Privacy Policy
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The retention period is open-ended during the relationship and extends significantly beyond it, meaning B2B personal data may be held for a very long time depending on relationship length.
Individuals whose Personal Information was submitted via a Website form in a B2B context—to become a Network Financial Institution or Service Provider—should be aware their data may be retained for the entire relationship plus up to a decade after it ends.
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