“If you choose to delete your account, please note that while most of your information will be deleted within 30 days, it may take up to 90 days to delete all of your information, like the data recorded by your Fitbit device and other data stored in our backup systems.”
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Users who delete their accounts may have data—including sensitive device-recorded health data—retained in Fitbit's systems for up to 90 days, extending the period of potential exposure.
After requesting account deletion, the reader's data is not immediately fully removed; some data, particularly device-recorded data and backup copies, may persist for up to 90 days.
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We retain your account information for as long as your account is active and up to 15 days thereafter.
We may continue to retain some information even after you delete your account if we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws.
After you submit a request to delete your account, we initiate a deletion process to safely and completely remove your data from our servers or retain it only in anonymized form.
"If you choose to delete your account, please note that while most of your information will be deleted within 30 days, it may take up to 90 days to delete all of your information, like the data recorded by your Fitbit device and other data stored in our backup systems.Excerpt from Fitbit's Privacy Policy
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Users who delete their accounts may have data—including sensitive device-recorded health data—retained in Fitbit's systems for up to 90 days, extending the period of potential exposure.
After requesting account deletion, the reader's data is not immediately fully removed; some data, particularly device-recorded data and backup copies, may persist for up to 90 days.
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