Deleting your Bluesky account does not guarantee your posts are removed from all apps built on the AT Protocol; those third-party services operate independently and may retain your content.
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Users who delete their accounts expecting full erasure of their content may find that posts persist on other AT Protocol applications, which has direct implications for data subject rights under GDPR and CCPA.
Even after you delete your Bluesky account, your posts may continue to exist on other AT Protocol services, and Bluesky explicitly disclaims responsibility for those copies, meaning you must contact each third-party service individually to request removal.
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"Due to the decentralized nature of the AT Protocol, we cannot control or force other services and Developer Applications on the AT Protocol to treat your Content in a particular way and some posts may continue to exist on these services that are outside our control. That means that complete deletion across the network may not always be possible. Bluesky is not responsible for Content you've shared on other services that use the AT Protocol. To request removal from those services, contact them directly.Excerpt from Bluesky's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The GDPR right to erasure (Article 17) and the CCPA right to deletion may be difficult to operationalize where content persists across a decentralized network beyond Bluesky's control.
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Users who delete their accounts expecting full erasure of their content may find that posts persist on other AT Protocol applications, which has direct implications for data subject rights under GDPR and CCPA.
Even after you delete your Bluesky account, your posts may continue to exist on other AT Protocol services, and Bluesky explicitly disclaims responsibility for those copies, meaning you must contact each third-party service individually to request removal.
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