Even if you delete your account in the State Farm mobile app, State Farm can continue to hold your personal information for business reasons, and deletion applies only to the app account credentials, not to your underlying insurance or financial accounts.
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The scope of account deletion is narrower than consumers may expect: deleting your mobile app account does not erase your personal data from State Farm's systems, and the business purpose retention basis is broadly stated without defined time limits.
Requesting deletion of your State Farm mobile app account removes only the app login credentials, not your underlying personal information held by State Farm, which may be retained indefinitely for broadly stated legal, auditing, regulatory, and business purposes.
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You and your organization's administrator can access several types of Service Data directly from Google Cloud, including your account information, billing contact information, payment and transaction information, as well as product and communication settings and configurations.
Request Deletion of your information, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law.
to request that your data be transferred to a third party (data portability)
"Some operating system developers, such as Apple, allow mobile application users to request deletion of accounts created within an application. If you request deletion of your account, State Farm may still retain your information for legal, auditing, regulatory and business purposes. Retention periods vary according to specific legal, auditing, regulatory and business needs. A request to delete an account within the mobile application only applies to the credentials and account you created within the Application and not to any other accounts you may have with State Farm.Excerpt from State Farm's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The CPRA grants California consumers a right to deletion of personal information subject to enumerated exceptions, including legal obligation and internal use exceptions.
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The scope of account deletion is narrower than consumers may expect: deleting your mobile app account does not erase your personal data from State Farm's systems, and the business purpose retention basis is broadly stated without defined time limits.
Requesting deletion of your State Farm mobile app account removes only the app login credentials, not your underlying personal information held by State Farm, which may be retained indefinitely for broadly stated legal, auditing, regulatory, and business purposes.
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