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Customer data retention exemption request

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https://x.com/coldcardwallet/status/2085782970258854229

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COLDCARD asks customers who want standard retention policies applied to their data to confirm by emailing support, so their records can be exempted from the current preservation protocol. Held as a dated organizational statement about the vendor's data-retention practice during the incident-response period. The procedure described is the vendor's own and is not independently verified here.

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