tudor@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIs this cause for concern? Pretty sure I deleted this account long agoimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down11
arrow-up185arrow-down1imageIs this cause for concern? Pretty sure I deleted this account long agotudor@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareStrider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months 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·edit-22 months 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.