Even if you update or delete personal information in your Redfin account, Redfin may keep the original version of that information indefinitely for legal compliance reasons.
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This means correcting your personal data in your account does not necessarily result in that original data being deleted from Redfin's systems, which may matter for users who have provided inaccurate or sensitive information they later wish to remove.
Interpretive note: The breadth of the 'applicable law or other legal obligation' exemption is not defined in the policy, creating uncertainty about which data categories are retained and for how long.
Updating or deleting your account information does not guarantee removal of the original data from Redfin's records, as the policy reserves the right to retain original copies, which may limit the practical effectiveness of account correction rights.
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"By visiting your My Redfin: Account Settings, you can correct, amend, add or delete Personal Information associated with your account. However, even after you update information, we may maintain a copy of the original information in our records as required by applicable law or other legal obligation.Excerpt from Redfin's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The retention of original data after user correction or deletion requests may interact with CCPA/CPRA deletion rights, which permit retention only for specified exemptions such as completing transactions, legal obligations, or detecting security …
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This means correcting your personal data in your account does not necessarily result in that original data being deleted from Redfin's systems, which may matter for users who have provided inaccurate or sensitive information they later wish to remove.
Updating or deleting your account information does not guarantee removal of the original data from Redfin's records, as the policy reserves the right to retain original copies, which may limit the practical effectiveness of account correction rights.
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