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Linear May Decline Impractical or Unlawful Requests

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Patreon

In order to prevent an unauthorized takeover of your account or unauthorized access to your personal data, we may decline deletion of, access to, or recovery of your account via an authorized agent at our sole discretion.

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In some circumstances Canva will not be able to comply with your request regarding your personal data. If we are unable to remove any of your information, we will explain why.

Credit Karma

We reserve the right to limit the availability of our Services or the provision of any of our Content to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction, at any time and in our sole and absolute discretion.

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in some circumstances, we may not be able to fully comply with your request, such as if it is frivolous or extremely impractical, if it jeopardizes the rights of others, or if it is not required by law...

Excerpt from Linear's Privacy Policy

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Document information
Document
Linear Privacy Policy
Entity
Linear
Date stated by the document
March 17, 2025
As printed in Linear’s text (version CA-V-004745), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
July 11, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-004745, captured July 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-071677
Document ID
CA-D-000550
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-004745)
8c5e5ffa0de7f7ce02f8b99df359e1c65256a93f75dd47f5b1bf4335a1633995
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-004745, captured July 11, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Linear
Document: Linear Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-071677
Version: CA-V-004745
Captured: 2026-07-11 13:44:49 UTC
SHA-256: 8c5e5ffa0de7f7ce…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/linear/linear-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-071677/linear-may-decline-impractical-or-unlawful-requests/
Accessed: Nov. 2, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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What does Linear's Linear May Decline Impractical or Unlawful Requests clause do?

The clause states: “in some circumstances, we may not be able to fully comply with your request, such as if it is frivolous or extremely impractical, if it jeopardizes the rights of others, or if it is not required by law...”

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