Membership details &amp; payment records are stored for up to 10 years after the membership has ended due to legal obligations.</li> <li>Technical metadata like IP addresses are not stored for more than 7 days or as required by German legislature.</li> <li>Personal data may exist in encrypted backups for up to 1 year. If the data retention period is exceeded at the time of restoration of a backup, affected personal data will be purged.