However, in order to safeguard your personal data, we only transfer data from the EU/EEA to the US under a contract or another appropriate mechanism that is approved under applicable law and that protects that data to the same standards that you would expect in Europe.</p>Keeping Your Personal Data Link<p>Syracuse University retains your personal data for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was processed. is necessary to perform our obligations to you (or to enforce or defend legal claims). or, as is required by applicable law.</p> <p>We have a data retention and erasure policy that sets out the different periods for which we retain data for the relevant purpose it was collected and used. Please see the data retention schedule.</p> <p>The criteria we use for determining data retention periods is based on various legislative requirements.