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The operational significance is that Zillow establishes a flexible retention framework without maximum retention periods, allowing the company to determine retention duration on a case-by-case basis according to stated criteria. This approach shifts retention decisions from predetermined schedules to ongoing assessments of business and legal necessity.
Users' personal information may be retained for extended periods as determined by Zillow's internal assessment of whether retention serves stated purposes, legal obligations, or dispute resolution needs. The terms do not establish fixed deletion timelines or maximum retention periods that users can reference.
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We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
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"We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include the nature and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and applicable legal requirements.— Excerpt from Zillow's Zillow Privacy Notice
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The operational significance is that Zillow establishes a flexible retention framework without maximum retention periods, allowing the company to determine retention duration on a case-by-case basis according to stated criteria. This approach shifts retention decisions from predetermined schedules to ongoing assessments of business and legal necessity.
Users' personal information may be retained for extended periods as determined by Zillow's internal assessment of whether retention serves stated purposes, legal obligations, or dispute resolution needs. The terms do not establish fixed deletion timelines or maximum retention periods that users can reference.
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