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Your posts and certain profile information may remain even after you terminate your account. We urge you to consider the sensitivity of any information you may disclose in this way.
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If Customer has requested such storage of Content and Processed Content, this will be deleted 90 days after the end of the Agreement. During this period, Customer will no longer have access to this Content and Processed Content.
"YouTube may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of your videos that have been removed or deleted.Excerpt from YouTube Ads's YouTube Terms of Service
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The clause states: “YouTube may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of your videos that have been removed or deleted.”
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