Glossary · Privacy & data
Data retention
Also said as
retention periodhow long is my data kept
Data retention is how long a company keeps what you typed after you've closed the app — days, years, or forever, depending on their terms.
Why it matters to your business
Retention decides whether a chat you erased is really gone — at one major AI company, staff can review chats for up to three years after you delete them.
The catch · what vendors don't say
Deleting from your screen almost never deletes from their servers — deletion and retention are two different promises.
