“Face Data (if provided) is deleted within 30 days, unless continued retention is necessary to comply with an applicable legal obligation or to ensure the safety and security of our service and members...”
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The 30-day deletion rule provides a time-limited retention guarantee for biometric face data, but the safety and legal exceptions create conditions under which retention may extend indefinitely.
Your Face Data will generally be deleted within 30 days, but Hinge may retain it beyond that period if required by law or deemed necessary for safety and security purposes.
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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 close your account, we will delete your account data within 180 days...
"Face Data (if provided) is deleted within 30 days, unless continued retention is necessary to comply with an applicable legal obligation or to ensure the safety and security of our service and members...Excerpt from Hinge's Privacy Policy
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The 30-day deletion rule provides a time-limited retention guarantee for biometric face data, but the safety and legal exceptions create conditions under which retention may extend indefinitely.
Your Face Data will generally be deleted within 30 days, but Hinge may retain it beyond that period if required by law or deemed necessary for safety and security purposes.
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