eBay retains your personal data for as long as necessary to provide services, comply with legal obligations, and protect against fraud or legal claims — and will delete it when it is no longer needed for these purposes.
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eBay may hold your data for extended periods, including after you close your account, for legal and business reasons, which means deleting your account does not necessarily result in immediate deletion of all your personal data.
eBay's updated privacy notice now provides more structured and detailed information about what personal data it collects, why it processes that data, and how it handles cross-border transfers. The addition of explicit data protection officer contact information and a clear table of contents makes the privacy framework more accessible and transparent. You can review the new notice to understand what data categories eBay collects and contact the designated data protection officer with privacy concerns.
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eBay may hold your data for extended periods, including after you close your account, for legal and business reasons, which means deleting your account does not necessarily result in immediate deletion of all your personal data.
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