tudor@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIs this cause for concern? Pretty sure I deleted this account long agoimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down11
arrow-up185arrow-down1imageIs this cause for concern? Pretty sure I deleted this account long agotudor@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareStrider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoLol, I don’t have a meta account, yet I get a newsletter (had oculus, didn’t agree to transfer). I am 100% certain no company deletes anything and just moves stuff to a shadow database, sometimes not even that.
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s usually just flagged as deleted, so the system shouldn’t interact with the data anymore. Often this is done for compliance reasons since some regulations require several years of data retention.
Lol, I don’t have a meta account, yet I get a newsletter (had oculus, didn’t agree to transfer).
I am 100% certain no company deletes anything and just moves stuff to a shadow database, sometimes not even that.
It’s usually just flagged as deleted, so the system shouldn’t interact with the data anymore. Often this is done for compliance reasons since some regulations require several years of data retention.