Privacy Policy for Younger Users

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

How long TikTok keeps a child’s information depends on its type and why it was collected

TikTok says how long it keeps the child’s information depends on several things, such as the type of information and the reason it was collected, and that in general it keeps information only as long as it needs it. No specific retention periods are given.

Supporting quotations

How Long Do We Keep Your Information?

How long we keep your information depends on several things, such as the type of information and the reason why we collected the information. In general, we only keep your information as long as we need it.

Qualifications & exceptions

• “In general” qualifies the as-long-as-needed statement.

Not stated here

• No retention periods are stated.

Cross-references

• referred to by (model-proposed): TikTok retains information as long as reasonably necessary for its purpose; periods vary by type and purpose — Both sections state the same retention rule: as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose, with periods varying by type of information and purpose.

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

TikTok retains information as long as reasonably necessary for its purpose; periods vary by type and purpose

TikTok retains user information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for which the information was collected. Retention periods differ depending on criteria such as the type of information and the purposes for which TikTok uses it. No specific periods are given.

Supporting quotations

We retain user information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for which the information was collected. The retention periods are different depending on different criteria, such as the type of information and the purposes for which we use the information.

Qualifications & exceptions

• “Reasonably necessary” and the stated criteria are the only limits given.

Not stated here

• No retention periods are stated.

Cross-references

• refers to (model-proposed): How long TikTok keeps a child’s information depends on its type and why it was collected — Both sections state the same retention rule: as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose, with periods varying by type of information and purpose.