Information is kept as long as needed for the Services, policy purposes, legal duties and legitimate interests
TikTok retains information for as long as necessary to provide the Services and for the other purposes in the policy. It also retains information when necessary to comply with contractual and legal obligations, when it has a legitimate business interest (such as improving and developing the Services and enhancing safety, security and stability), and for the exercise or defense of legal claims.
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We retain information for as long as necessary to provide the Services and for the other purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We also retain information when necessary to comply with contractual and legal obligations, when we have a legitimate business interest to do so (such as improving and developing the Services, and enhancing its safety, security and stability), and for the exercise or defense of legal claims.
Qualifications & exceptions
"Legitimate business interest" is given only as examples ("such as").
Not stated here
No specific retention periods are stated in this passage.
Retention & Deletion · Company practice
Retention periods vary; account data is kept while the account exists; violations can lead to removal
Retention periods differ by criteria such as the type of information and the purposes for which it is used. For example, account registration information used to provide the Services is kept for as long as you have an account, subject to your updates. If you violate the Terms of Service, Community Guidelines or other conditions or policies, TikTok may remove you from the Services immediately but may keep information about you to process the violation.
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The retention periods are different depending on different criteria, such as the type of information and the purposes for which we use the information. For example, when we process your information such as your account registration information to provide you with the Services, we keep this information for as long as you have an account, subject to your updates of such information.
If you violate our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, or other conditions or policies, we may remove you from the Services immediately, but may keep information about you to process the violation.
Qualifications & exceptions
The account-data example is stated as one example of varying periods, not a rule for all data.
Not stated here
The linked Terms of Service and Community Guidelines are not supplied here, so this card cannot say what counts as a violation; the text does not say how long violation-related information is kept.
Retention & Deletion · Company commitment
Child information collected outside the separate experience is deleted and the account terminated
If TikTok becomes aware that a child's personal information was collected outside the separate experience for children, it says it will delete the information in accordance with applicable law and terminate the child's account. If you believe a user under 13 is using the regular Services, you can contact TikTok through a feedback webform.
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If we become aware that a Child’s personal information has been collected outside of this separate experience for Children, we will delete this information in accordance with applicable law and terminate the Child’s account. If you believe there is a user of the Services who is below the age of 13 (excluding any users of this separate experience for Children), please contact us at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/report/feedback.
Qualifications & exceptions
The commitment applies when TikTok "becomes aware", and deletion is "in accordance with applicable law".
Not stated here
The linked report webform is not supplied here, so this card cannot say what the form asks for or how requests are handled beyond what this policy states.