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Maybe that was true in the past, but today when you delete your data it is gone. Trust me, I wrote it myself. The law enforcement guidelines that have been circ

Maybe that was true in the past, but today when you delete your data it is gone. Trust me, I wrote it myself. The law enforcement guidelines that have been circulating recently corroborate this.

pasbesoin 15y ago
Thank you for the update/clarification. I deleted a couple of pictures this morning (nothing 'nekkid' ;-) and will have a look to confirm that they are indeed "gone" (inaccessible via direct URL -- albeit the URL of a CDN). Would you happen to have the identity or URL of a specific guideline that you could point to? EDIT: I just checked the URL of an image I deleted about an hour and a half ago, and that image is still accessible. It is under akamaihd.net; nonetheless, it is still accessible.
- peterhunt 15y ago
  Things take a while to fall out of CDN cache, I forget what the TTL is these days but it should be reasonable.
  - pasbesoin 15y ago
    Understandable. I'll check again, a bit later. Thanks again for taking the time to reply.
    - pasbesoin 15y ago
      About 6:20 since deletion, and the images are still accessible at their akamaihd.net addresses. I'll have a look again tomorrow.
      - peterhunt 15y ago
        We are probably talking days, not hours here. But your underlying photo metadata is already gone.
ecdavis 15y ago
Is this true for all data - account details and whatnot? I deleted (not deactivated) my account a few months ago and just assumed everything would remain somewhere in FB's system.
- peterhunt 15y ago
  Delete generally means gone forever. If you wanted your account gone (but not permanently) you should use the deactivate option.