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We will promptly destroy personal information at the end of the retention period, as described above. When we destroy personal information, we do so in a way that prevents that information from being restored or reconstructed.
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...
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.
"We may retain copies of your personal data in backup archives. In these cases, your personal data is stored securely and isolated from further processing until deletion or de-identification is possible.Excerpt from Zillow's Privacy Notice
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The clause states: “We may retain copies of your personal data in backup archives. In these cases, your personal data is stored securely and isolated from further processing until deletion or de-identification is possible.”
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