How long does Wan (Alibaba) keep your data?

This clause establishes Alibaba Cloud's obligation to retain personal data only for as long as there is a legitimate business need or legal requirement, and sets the standard that retention periods depend on the nature of the data, purpose of collection, and applicable legal requirements.

Their words · Privacy Policy

“ We retain your personal data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy where we have an ongoing 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). In certain circumstances, we will need to keep your personal data for legal reasons after our relationship has ended. The specific retention periods depend on the nature of the personal data and why it is collected and processed, and the nature of the legal requirement. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need or legal reason to process your personal data, we will either delete or anonymize it or, if this is not possible, then we will securely store your personal data and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.”

Captured 2026-06-08. Open captured source →Snapshot SHA-256: 4050a4032a64c427fc284e798d98c47b3e21f79ba911b6ec8305a51175dfc87c

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