Airtable collects data about how you use its services, such as what features you access and how often, and retains the right to use this data for its own business purposes indefinitely, even after you close your account.
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Even after you delete your account, Airtable retains and can continue to use behavioral and usage data derived from your activity, which may include information that could be used to profile users or inform product decisions.
Interpretive note: Whether usage data constitutes personal data under GDPR or CCPA depends on whether it can be linked to an identifiable individual, which the document does not fully address; this creates interpretive uncertainty about the scope of applicable data subject rights.
Closing your Airtable account does not stop Airtable from continuing to use data about your usage patterns, feature access, and platform behavior for its own analytics and product development purposes indefinitely.
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We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. The specific retention periods depend on the type of information and the purposes for which it is processed.
We keep information for as long as we need it to provide our products, comply with legal obligations, or for other legitimate purposes, such as to maintain safety, security, and integrity.
After your account is deleted, we keep data about interactions you've had on our service to prevent abuse, ban evaders and others in an effort to protect and ensure the safety and security of our service and our members.
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"We may collect and analyze data and other information regarding your use of the Services, including access, usage patterns, and performance (collectively, "Usage Data"). We are free at any time (including after termination of these Terms) to use such data and information for our business purposes, including but not limited to analytics, quality assurance, product and service development and improvement, and churn rate and service level analysis. For clarity, Usage Data does not include Your Content.— Excerpt from Airtable's Airtable Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The perpetual retention and use of usage data post-termination may require evaluation under GDPR's storage limitation principle (Article 5(1)(e)) and purpose limitation principle (Article 5(1)(b)), particularly if usage data can be linked to identifiable individuals. The CCPA's right to deletion may also be implicated if usage data constitutes personal information under California law and is linked to identifiable California residents. The document's assertion that Usage Data 'does not include Your Content' limits but does not fully resolve the personal data question, as usage metadata can itself be personal data under GDPR. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The perpetual post-termination use right is common in SaaS agreements, but may conflict with GDPR storage limitation requirements if the usage data is personal data. The broad list of permitted uses ('including but not limited to') creates interpretive uncertainty about the outer boundaries of permitted use. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU/EEA organizations should assess whether usage data collected by Airtable constitutes personal data under GDPR and, if so, whether post-termination retention and use is consistent with a lawful basis. California residents may request deletion of personal information under CCPA, and organizations should confirm whether Airtable's privacy practices honor such requests for usage data. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: DPAs and data processing agreements with Airtable should address the post-termination status of usage data and whether it is subject to deletion obligations. Procurement teams should request clarity on data retention schedules for usage data. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal and privacy teams should assess whether Airtable's usage data retention is consistent with their data retention policies and GDPR/CCPA obligations. If usage data is deemed personal data, they may need to include it in subject access request and deletion processes.
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Even after you delete your account, Airtable retains and can continue to use behavioral and usage data derived from your activity, which may include information that could be used to profile users or inform product decisions.
Closing your Airtable account does not stop Airtable from continuing to use data about your usage patterns, feature access, and platform behavior for its own analytics and product development purposes indefinitely.
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