Can I delete my data if my account has been permanently deactivated? (2024)

FAQs

Does deleting account erase data? ›

Step 1: Learn what deleting your Google Account means

You'll lose all the data and content in that account, like emails, files, calendars, and photos. You won't be able to use Google services where you sign in with that account, like Gmail, Drive, Calendar, or Play.

For legal and regulatory reasons, we're required to keep some of your data for up to 10 years after your account features have been permanently deactivated. PayPal recognizes your right to request deletion of your data, and we work to delete what we can of your information during this required period.

The data remains on your hard drive until it's overwritten by new data. This means that someone with access to your device could potentially recover deleted data using data recovery software. Data recovery software works by scanning your hard drive for data that has been marked as deleted but not yet overwritten.

Personal Data used for the ongoing relationship between you and PayPal is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years.

While your account is deactivated, your information and profile will be disabled and won't be visible to other users. If the account is deleted, your information will be permanently removed.

By deleting a file, generally one has successfully deleted the reference to the file in the master file table, but not the actual data itself. It essentially tells the system that there is space available to store more data, which then allows the system to overwrite in place of the “deleted” data.

No, you can't erase your data on your own. You can only request the erasure of personal data through the self-service data erasure portal and by closing your account. The personal information will be erased after the required retention period has expired.

When you close your PayPal account all your transaction history is automatically deleted. You can then open a new account with your email address if you need to.

Generally speaking, when you delete a file from your computer (and subsequently empty it from the recycle bin), that doesn't always mean the file is actually gone. What it means is that the reference to the file is gone.

What is the difference between delete data and erase data? ›

Some of you may breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that the data is gone forever once deleted. But, this is not the case. The deleted information is never really gone; you can easily recover it. If you accidentally deleted any of your files, you can be at comfort by knowing this.

Police Officers and other government agencies can request for PayPal data through our Safety Hub - PayPal Law Enforcement tool.

You can download a report of your transaction activity for up to the past 7 years into PDF, Quicken, QuickBooks, or as a CSV or TAB file.

A part of any effective data retention policy is the permanent deletion of the retained data; achieving secure deletion of data by encrypting the data when stored, and then deleting the encryption key after a specified retention period.

Before you delete or remove a user

All of a user's data is deleted, unless you transfer it to another user. You might need to transfer some data, such as Gmail data or Drive files, before you delete the user.

After 30 days of your account deletion request, your account and all your information will be permanently deleted, and you won't be able to retrieve your information. During those 30 days the content remains subject to Instagram's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and is not accessible to other people using Instagram.

Clearing data will make you lose your data in that particular app including sign in and passwords. You will have to sign in before that app if it requires it.