Coinbase retains your personal data — including your identity documents, transaction history, and financial information — for extended periods after you close your account, primarily to comply with anti-money-laundering and regulatory requirements.
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This clause specifies the operational framework for data lifecycle management post-account-termination and establishes the conditions triggering deletion obligations. It delineates Coinbase's responsibilities to remove personal information contingent on account status and affirmative user deletion requests or legal requirements.
Even after you close your account, Coinbase retains your Social Security number, government ID, and full transaction history for at least five years under FinCEN rules — your data remains exposed to breach or government disclosure indefinitely after you stop using the platform.
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"In line with these considerations, we delete information that is no longer needed for the above purposes when you close your account, or when you request deletion of your information, or if required under applicable law, when you withdraw consent to us using your information (which you can initiate through your Privacy Rights Dashboard).— Excerpt from Coinbase's Coinbase Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: BSA/FinCEN requires retention of Customer Identification Program records for five years after account closure (31 CFR §1020.220(a)(3)) and records of each transaction for five years from the date of the transaction (31 CFR §1010.430). GDPR Art. 5(1)(e) storage limitation principle requires data be kept no longer than necessary — regulatory retention mandates constitute a lawful exception under Art. 6(1)(c), but the retention period must be precisely defined and documented. CCPA §1798.105 permits businesses to deny deletion requests where retention is required by law.
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This clause specifies the operational framework for data lifecycle management post-account-termination and establishes the conditions triggering deletion obligations. It delineates Coinbase's responsibilities to remove personal information contingent on account status and affirmative user deletion requests or legal requirements.
Even after you close your account, Coinbase retains your Social Security number, government ID, and full transaction history for at least five years under FinCEN rules — your data remains exposed to breach or government disclosure indefinitely after you stop using the platform.
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