“When you close your account, we remove certain public posts from view and/or dissociate them from your account profile, but may retain information about you for the purposes authorized under this Privacy Policy...”
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Account closure does not result in full deletion of a user's information; Yelp retains the right to keep data beyond what is publicly visible.
Interpretive note: The clause establishes two related but technically distinct outcomes on closure — removal from view and dissociation from profile — connected by 'and/or', meaning either or both may apply. The primary claim captures both as alternatives. The scope of 'certain' is not defined in the excerpt.
Closing your account removes or hides only certain public posts — Yelp may continue to hold other information about you.
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If you close your account, we will delete your account data within 180 days...
Those posts and profile information may remain on such sites even after you delete your account.
We retain your personal information in an identifiable form for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Notice.
"When you close your account, we remove certain public posts from view and/or dissociate them from your account profile, but may retain information about you for the purposes authorized under this Privacy Policy...Excerpt from Yelp's Privacy Policy
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Account closure does not result in full deletion of a user's information; Yelp retains the right to keep data beyond what is publicly visible.
Closing your account removes or hides only certain public posts — Yelp may continue to hold other information about you.
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