“In jurisdictions where we offer Friendly Faces, if you enable Friendly Faces, we delete any Facial Data after 30 days if you do not assign it a name, and if you or we terminate your Cam Plus Unlimited, Cam Unlimited or Cam Protect Service, we delete all Facial Data associated with your account after 180 days of the termination date.”
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Wyze retains Facial Data, which may constitute biometric information, for a defined 180-day window after service termination rather than deleting it immediately.
The updated privacy statement now explicitly states that Wyze Watch and Wyze Band collect information about your contacts, incoming SMS messages, and incoming phone calls to support incoming call alerts and text message previews on those devices. This represents a disclosure of data collection practices tied to specific device features. The collection occurs to enable the notification functionality these devices advertise, though the statement does not specify retention periods, deletion policies, or whether this data is shared with third parties.
View change record →If your Cam Plus Unlimited, Cam Unlimited, or Cam Protect Service is terminated by either you or Wyze, your Facial Data will not be deleted until 180 days after the termination date.
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"In jurisdictions where we offer Friendly Faces, if you enable Friendly Faces, we delete any Facial Data after 30 days if you do not assign it a name, and if you or we terminate your Cam Plus Unlimited, Cam Unlimited or Cam Protect Service, we delete all Facial Data associated with your account after 180 days of the termination date.Excerpt from Wyze's Privacy Statement
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Wyze retains Facial Data, which may constitute biometric information, for a defined 180-day window after service termination rather than deleting it immediately.
If your Cam Plus Unlimited, Cam Unlimited, or Cam Protect Service is terminated by either you or Wyze, your Facial Data will not be deleted until 180 days after the termination date.
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