“We will delete your personal information, unless retention is necessary for operational or legal reasons, including to: provide the Epic Services you requested...ensure the security or integrity...exercise legal rights...”
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The deletion right is subject to multiple exceptions grounded in operational and legal necessity, which may limit how broadly the right can be exercised in practice.
Interpretive note: The listed exceptions use 'including,' indicating they are illustrative rather than exhaustive. This means additional operational or legal reasons not listed could also justify retention, which is not captured in the canonical claim.
You may request deletion of your personal information, but Unreal Engine may retain it if retention is necessary for operational or legal reasons including the listed purposes.
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If you are a user under the age of 18, California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 allows you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted.
Right to Request Correction: The right to request correction of any inaccurate Personal Information we maintain about you
The right to request that we delete personal information that we have collected about you.
"We will delete your personal information, unless retention is necessary for operational or legal reasons, including to: provide the Epic Services you requested...ensure the security or integrity...exercise legal rights...Excerpt from Unreal Engine's Epic Games Privacy Policy
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The deletion right is subject to multiple exceptions grounded in operational and legal necessity, which may limit how broadly the right can be exercised in practice.
You may request deletion of your personal information, but Unreal Engine may retain it if retention is necessary for operational or legal reasons including the listed purposes.
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