BeReal retains your personal data for as long as your account is active and for a period after account deletion, depending on the type of data and legal obligations.
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The provision creates a defined data lifecycle management framework that complies with regional data protection standards while establishing the temporal boundaries for information storage. This structure governs when user data is subject to deletion or archival under the service's operational requirements.
Deleting your BeReal account does not guarantee immediate erasure of all your personal data, as retention periods vary and some data may persist for compliance or legal reasons.
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"We keep your information only for as long as it's needed to provide our services to you, in line with legal requirements and data protection authorities guidelines. For users located in Europe, this period is 2 years following your last activity while it is 3 years for the rest of the world.— Excerpt from BeReal's BeReal Privacy Policy
Data minimisation and storage limitation principles under GDPR Article 5(1)(e) require that personal data be kept no longer than necessary; compliance teams should assess whether BeReal's retention schedules are adequately documented and defensible against regulatory scrutiny.
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The provision creates a defined data lifecycle management framework that complies with regional data protection standards while establishing the temporal boundaries for information storage. This structure governs when user data is subject to deletion or archival under the service's operational requirements.
Deleting your BeReal account does not guarantee immediate erasure of all your personal data, as retention periods vary and some data may persist for compliance or legal reasons.
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