Retention & Deletion · Company practice
Personal information is kept as long as necessary for the stated purposes or as law permits, with no fixed period
Personal information is retained for as long as is necessary for the purposes described in the policy, or as may be permitted under applicable law. For example it is retained if reasonably necessary to manage your relationship with Bloomberg or provide products and services to you. To decide the period, Bloomberg says it will generally consider how long is needed to achieve the purpose of collection, whether you stopped using its services, any relevant legal proceedings, and legal and regulatory requirements. No fixed time is given.
Supporting quotations
Personal information is retained for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) described in this Privacy Policy, or as may be permitted under applicable law.
To determine the appropriate retention period, we will generally consider the following criteria: the length of time needed to achieve the purpose your information was collected for; whether you ceased using our services or products; the existence of any relevant legal proceedings; or applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Retention is for as long as necessary for the stated purposes or as permitted under applicable law.
- The criteria are described as those Bloomberg will "generally" consider.
Not stated here
- No specific retention period is stated for any category of information.