Data Deletion

Last updated: 9 June 2026

What dash holds about you

dash is a read-only newsroom monitoring tool. It reads public content from third-party platforms and stores limited metadata for matching against other sources. If you have posted publicly on any of the platforms dash reads from (Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Telegram, Bluesky, Mastodon, or various public RSS feeds), dash may have cached:

• The public identifier of your post
• A short snippet of the post text
• Your public author handle
• The post timestamp and a link back to the original post on the source platform

dash never republishes full post content. The original post lives on the platform where you posted it.

Requesting deletion

If you want dash to delete any cached data associated with you, send an email to dash@starquo.com with the following:

• Subject: Data Deletion Request
• Platform name: e.g. Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Telegram, Bluesky, Mastodon
• Your handle on that platform: e.g. u/yourhandle for Reddit, the public Page name for Facebook, your @handle for Instagram or Threads
• Optional: specific post URLs you want removed from our cache

How we verify

To prevent abuse, we may ask you to prove control of the handle before we delete. The usual proof is one of:

• A direct message from the handle on the platform itself (where the platform supports it)
• A short verification post on the handle that we can read
• For organisations, a request from an official email address tied to the entity

Timeline

We complete deletion within 30 days of receiving a verified request. We will email confirmation to the address you wrote from when the deletion is complete.

What we cannot do

dash does not host the original posts. It only caches metadata and a snippet. To remove the actual post from the platform where you posted it, you must use that platform's own deletion process. After you delete a post on the source platform, send us a deletion request as above and we will purge our cached copy as well.

Backups

Encrypted backups may contain the data for a short period after deletion. These are overwritten on a rolling cycle within 60 days of the original deletion. We do not restore deleted data from backups except where required by law.

Questions

If you are unsure whether dash holds any data about you, or you want to ask about the process, write to dash@starquo.com with the subject Data Question and we will reply within 7 working days.

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