tudor@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoIs this cause for concern? Pretty sure I deleted this account long agolemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down11
arrow-up185arrow-down1imageIs this cause for concern? Pretty sure I deleted this account long agolemmy.worldtudor@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareStrider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 days 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-up1·edit-27 days 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.