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 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 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 …
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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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