Nextdoor keeps your personal data for as long as it considers necessary, and even after you delete your account some of your information may be retained for legal or business reasons.
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Simply deleting your Nextdoor account does not guarantee complete removal of your personal data, including your home address and neighborhood activity history, as Nextdoor may retain data for unspecified 'business purposes.'
Your personal data including neighborhood location and activity may persist in Nextdoor's systems after account deletion, for an unspecified period, which limits your practical ability to fully remove your digital footprint from the platform.
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We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include: the length of ...
We may retain de-identified or aggregated information that can no longer be used to identify you for any period of time, including indefinitely.
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, or as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.
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"We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide you with our services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When you delete your account, we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.— Excerpt from Nextdoor's Nextdoor Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Implicates GDPR Art. 5(1)(e) (storage limitation principle requiring data not be kept longer than necessary), Art. 17 (right to erasure), and Art. 13(2)(a) (requirement to disclose retention periods or criteria at collection). CPRA §1798.105 requires deletion upon verified request with limited exceptions; retention beyond the stated purpose may constitute a CPRA violation. UK GDPR Art. 5(1)(e) and ICO retention guidance apply for UK users. Enforced by EU DPAs, ICO, CPPA. (2)
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Simply deleting your Nextdoor account does not guarantee complete removal of your personal data, including your home address and neighborhood activity history, as Nextdoor may retain data for unspecified 'business purposes.'
Your personal data including neighborhood location and activity may persist in Nextdoor's systems after account deletion, for an unspecified period, which limits your practical ability to fully remove your digital footprint from the platform.
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