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Users have no procedural protection against account termination; Descript is not required to provide notice, state a reason, or meet any cause threshold before acting.
The reader's account and access to the Descript Service can be ended by Descript at any time, without advance warning and without any cause being required.
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If we learn that we've collected the personal data of a child under the age of 13 or 16, as applicable, we'll take reasonable steps to delete the personal data. This may require us to delete the Skillshare account...
If our moderators decide to remove content, or suspend or terminate the Member's account, we will notify the Member and explain how to contact us.
If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal data without parental consent, we remove such data and terminate the child's account (except where we are required to retain all or a portion of such data for compliance purposes).
"we reserve the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to terminate or suspend your account and your license to use the Descript Service, and to block or prevent future your access to and use of the Descript Service at any time with or without cause.Excerpt from Descript's Terms of Service
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Users have no procedural protection against account termination; Descript is not required to provide notice, state a reason, or meet any cause threshold before acting.
The reader's account and access to the Descript Service can be ended by Descript at any time, without advance warning and without any cause being required.
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