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Popular Character Preservation After Account Deletion

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Clause Stability Stable

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Months Monitored
Jul 19, 2026
First Seen
Jul 19, 2026
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This clause type exists across 1675 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

HubSpot Medium

Your posts and certain profile information may remain even after you terminate your account. We urge you to consider the sensitivity of any information you may disclose in this way.

Upwork Medium

Developer must promptly and securely delete all Upwork User Data collected from Upwork users upon request of the Upwork user, when the Upwork user deactivates or uninstalls the Developer Application, when the Upwork user closes their account with Developer...

Fireworks AI Medium

If you delete your account, we aim to delete your personal information from our servers within 30 days.

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If a Character you create has been made available to other users, then we reserve the right to preserve that Character's characteristics and to keep that Character active on the Services, even if you otherwise delete your data and your account.

Excerpt from Character.AI's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
Character.ai Privacy Policy
Entity
Character.AI
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-076450
Document ID
CA-D-00120
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
6ad8585d7de8834f45d45863325899d3602d6584f208eff63eb099fffa024748
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 14:58 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Character.AI
Document: Character.ai Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-076450
Captured: 2026-05-08 14:58:37 UTC
SHA-256: 6ad8585d7de8834f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/characterai/characterai-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-076450/popular-character-preservation-after-account-deletion/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Character.AI's Popular Character Preservation After Account Deletion clause do?

The clause states: “If a Character you create has been made available to other users, then we reserve the right to preserve that Character's characteristics and to keep that Character active on the Services, even if you otherwise delete your data and your account.”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 279 platforms. See the full comparison.

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