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In the event of Account deletion for any reason, the Company may, but is not obligated to, delete any of Your Content. the Company shall not be responsible for the failure to delete or deletion of Your Content.
If you decide to delete your Profile, it will no longer be visible to other Grindr users and your personal information will generally be deleted within 28 days.
If you delete your account, we aim to delete your personal information from our servers within 30 days.
"In secret chats, deleting a message always instructs the app on the other end to delete it too.Excerpt from Telegram's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “In secret chats, deleting a message always instructs the app on the other end to delete it too.”
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