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Most of the big services whose stuff I've actually read have a clause somewhere in the ToS or privacy policy saying that "deleted" data is not necessarily delet
by 0xcde4c3db 9y ago
Most of the big services whose stuff I've actually read have a clause somewhere in the ToS or privacy policy saying that "deleted" data is not necessarily deleted from all copies in their possession. I suspect the primary purpose of this is to allow them to have append-only or offline backups, since that's incompatible with users being able to reach in and nuke all their stuff.
- smichel17 9y agoAt the time when I deleted my Facebook account, in Fall 2014, the ToS said that if I delete (not deactivate) my account, then Facebook must delete my data "within a reasonable amount of time". I have not read the Facebook ToS since then; assuming that line remains the same, if they do not delete your data and you decide to sue, it's about whose lawyers cam make a better case for whether a reasonable amount of time has passed.