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Policies governing how long user data is stored.
Qwant publicly frames itself as a privacy-first search engine that "does not store your search data" and "does not sell your personal data," a claim repeated across its website, help pages, and app st...
Major platforms generally operate under formal —automated retention schedules, legal‑hold mechanisms, backups and audit trails—that govern how long alleged contraband and related metadata are kept aft...
Spectrum’s publicly posted privacy materials confirm consumers can submit requests to delete personal information under state consumer privacy laws, and that Spectrum will process verifiable deletion ...
does not publicly state that it keeps every user's IP address "for life"; retention depends on the purpose, region, and the third-party services involved, with explicit examples showing IP-related dat...
with lawful requests—subpoenas, court orders and search warrants—but the legal route required and the practical response time vary widely: many cable operators keep IP-to-subscriber logs only 90–180 d...
Meta does not present a public promise to keep IP logs "forever" for user access, and its public-facing guidance says it can and does provide IP data to law enforcement and retains recent-login IPs vi...
It is not categorically normal for file-hosting services to present missing timestamps or crucial metadata months after an incident, but it is also not unusually rare: retention policies, storage prac...
By the time law enforcement is notified of a CSAM file stored in a cloud or hosted file service, whether logs showing who accessed (read/downloaded/viewed) that file are still available depends entire...