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Data retention and metadata boundary

1 min readUpdated May 6, 2026

Retention (admin-configured)

When creating a poll, the Data retention after poll closes setting offers 7, 14, 30, 60, or 90 days. Responses are permanently deleted after this period.

This is a product-level purge window for encrypted responses after the poll ends — separate from the unlock threshold (3 responses) which governs when aggregates become visible.

What the platform avoids storing

InviziPoll does not store row-level response timelines, IP-derived rankings, or per-ballot audit trails in the admin analytics surface. Operational logs may record admin actions (for example who changed a setting) without turning the respondent data store into a per-person feed.

Tenant purge

Irreversible tenant purge workflows destroy stored data without decrypting content — consistent with zero-knowledge operations.