Data Retention
What we keep, and for how long
We collect as little as the product needs, keep it only as long as it is useful, and delete it on request.
We do not collect PHI
ABA Command Center does not solicit, accept, or store protected health information. If a document sent to us contains PHI, we destroy it rather than retain it, and we tell the sender.
Accounts
Account records hold your email address, display name, optional organization and role, and your beat and state preferences. They are kept while the account exists and deleted when you ask us to close it.
Contact and correction submissions
Contact messages and correction requests are retained while they are open and for a reasonable period after resolution, so we can show why an entry was changed. Correction attachments are stored in a private bucket and are only reachable through short-lived signed links issued to editorial staff.
The editorial record
Article revisions, correction histories, and the audit log of who approved what are retained permanently. That permanence is the point: it is what makes the published record accountable. These records concern editorial actions, not readers.
Research evidence
Agent runs, source checks, content hashes, and submissions are retained so that any published entry can be traced back to the document it came from and the moment it was retrieved.
Resource download logs
When a signed-in user downloads a gated resource we record the account, the file, and the timestamp. These entries are kept while the account exists and are aged out on a rolling basis afterward.
Security, audit, and rate-limit metadata
Authentication events and rate-limit counters — keyed to an account or a coarse request fingerprint such as an IP-derived value — are short-lived and expire automatically once they are no longer useful for abuse prevention.
Editorial audit entries showing who created, approved, or corrected content are part of the permanent published record described above.
Requesting deletion
Write to us through the contact form at /contact to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data. We will confirm the request and act on it, except where a record must be kept to document a published correction or to meet a legal obligation.
Our privacy notice explains what each category contains and why we collect it.
ABA Command Center publishes general educational information about the Applied Behavior Analysis industry. It is not legal, compliance, billing, or clinical advice. We do not collect protected health information.