“If you delete your account, we'll initiate deletion of this information after 30 days.”
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The 30-day delay means account information is not immediately removed upon deletion, leaving a window during which the data still exists on Dropbox's systems.
A reader who deletes their account should expect that their information will not be deleted immediately but that the deletion process will be initiated after 30 days.
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"If you delete your account, we'll initiate deletion of this information after 30 days.Excerpt from Dropbox's Privacy Policy
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The 30-day delay means account information is not immediately removed upon deletion, leaving a window during which the data still exists on Dropbox's systems.
A reader who deletes their account should expect that their information will not be deleted immediately but that the deletion process will be initiated after 30 days.
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