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18-Month Inactive Child Account Deletion

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision establishes an automated data retention and deletion protocol for inactive child accounts, implementing a regulatory compliance mechanism that reduces long-term data storage obligations for accounts meeting the inactivity threshold.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
May 7, 2026
First Seen
May 7, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 466 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Parents and guardians of child account holders operate under a requirement that account data will be automatically deleted if no activity occurs for 18 months. This provision establishes a defined timeline after which personal information retention ceases without requiring affirmative deletion requests.

How other platforms handle this

Medium Medium

Medium may terminate or suspend your right to use our Services at any time for any or no reason upon notice to you.

Substack Medium

Substack is free to terminate (or suspend access to) your use of Substack, or your account, for any reason at our discretion. We will try to provide advance notice to you prior to our terminating your account so that you are able to retrieve any important Posts you may have uploaded to your account,...

Acorns Medium

We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Services immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of the Terms.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Starting in April 2026, if a child's account remains inactive for 18 months, personal information associated with the account will be deleted (as defined by Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, 16 CFR 312.2).

— Excerpt from Unreal Engine's Epic Games Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

COPPA
United States Federal
CFAA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Epic Games Privacy Policy
Entity
Unreal Engine
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 21, 2026
Last verified
May 21, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-004481
Document ID
CA-D-00086
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
b22617ab34d143e7d922d8d0b92f6d5c7adbaf55ccac41007e2e34db51968d49
Analysis generated
May 21, 2026 06:38 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Unreal Engine
Document: Epic Games Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-004481
Captured: 2026-05-21 06:38:16 UTC
SHA-256: b22617ab34d143e7…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/unreal-engine/epic-games-privacy-policy/18-month-inactive-child-account-deletion/
Accessed: July 4, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Unreal Engine's 18-Month Inactive Child Account Deletion clause do?

This provision establishes an automated data retention and deletion protocol for inactive child accounts, implementing a regulatory compliance mechanism that reduces long-term data storage obligations for accounts meeting the inactivity threshold.

How does this clause affect you?

Parents and guardians of child account holders operate under a requirement that account data will be automatically deleted if no activity occurs for 18 months. This provision establishes a defined timeline after which personal information retention ceases without requiring affirmative deletion requests.

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