The terms indicate that Plaid may retain consumer financial data after a consumer disconnects an application, subject to described retention limits, and that consumers must separately exercise deletion rights through the Plaid consumer portal to request removal of retained data.
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This provision establishes that disconnecting an application through a partner interface does not automatically result in deletion of financial data from Plaid's systems, and that consumers must take an additional affirmative step through the Plaid portal to request data deletion.
Interpretive note: Specific retention periods and the precise conditions under which data is retained post-disconnection were not directly quotable from the truncated document; description reflects publicly known Plaid data practices and document context.
Developers who use Plaid's services now face expanded accountability for all activities on their accounts and stricter rules around who can access end-user financial data. If developers allow employees, contractors, or other agents to access their accounts, they must ensure those users only access data for approved business purposes and in compliance with Plaid's terms; Plaid reserves the right to monitor this activity through session replay and activity monitoring. Developers should audit which team members have account access, document the business need and approved use case for each, and ensure all authorized users understand their obligations under Plaid's terms.
View change record →Plaid's updated terms shift its business model from primarily connecting your accounts to third-party apps toward also providing direct consumer services, including account monitoring and alerts through a new web-based platform called Plaid Web-App. The terms now specify that your Plaid Account can store your financial and identity information, and that Plaid can use this data to provide its own streamlined services (like alerts and notifications) in addition to facilitating third-party app connections. This is not a privacy reduction, but a clarification that Plaid is now a service provider in its own right, not just an intermediary. You may want to review what the Plaid Web-App monitoring service entails and what data it collects, since it is a new direct service from Plaid rather than a third-party app feature.
View change record →Plaid has reframed its service model to emphasize a direct relationship between you and Plaid, rather than positioning itself primarily as a bridge to third-party apps. This means Plaid now states it provides services directly to you when you request them. Additionally, Plaid has introduced a new account monitoring and alerts service available via a web application directly to consumers, separate from third-party app integrations. The terms clarify that your Plaid Account remains non-transactional and does not store funds or enable direct payments, but now explicitly mentions it helps third-party apps initiate payments to or from you. You may wish to review the new web-based monitoring service offering and understand what account data it accesses and how it uses that data.
View change record →Under this provision, financial account data including transaction history and identity information collected through a Plaid-powered app connection may remain in Plaid's systems after the consumer disconnects the app, unless the consumer separately submits a deletion request at my.plaid.com.
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This provision establishes that disconnecting an application through a partner interface does not automatically result in deletion of financial data from Plaid's systems, and that consumers must take an additional affirmative step through the Plaid portal to request data deletion.
Under this provision, financial account data including transaction history and identity information collected through a Plaid-powered app connection may remain in Plaid's systems after the consumer disconnects the app, unless the consumer separately submits a deletion request at my.plaid.com.
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