{"article":{"id":48080420733073,"url":"https://qwant.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/48080420733073.json","html_url":"https://help.qwant.com/hc/en-us/articles/48080420733073-Your-Qwant-Account-Data","author_id":46426822342289,"comments_disabled":false,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":0,"vote_sum":0,"vote_count":0,"upvote_count":0,"downvote_count":0,"section_id":48073884172433,"created_at":"2026-06-24T15:45:00Z","updated_at":"2026-10-16T17:59:54Z","name":"Your Qwant Account Data","title":"Your Qwant Account Data","source_locale":"fr-fr","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2026-07-07T14:09:32Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":32021775980433,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<p>Your Qwant account contains only what is necessary for its operation. Here is what is retained — and what is not.</p><h2 id=\"h_01KVX4W5H7CRT1MB6HJYB167HC\">What Your Account Contains</h2><ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"efb94a735898ef0b06910723136f5218b\">\n<strong>Your identifier</strong>: email address, or Apple/Google ID depending on your sign-up method.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eb33b7fb33d2bf36ce3890d91d1bd71ef\">\n<strong>Your preferences and settings</strong>: language, region, AI preferences.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e1f2ff07f2fe0e0d12a43f52d1ec718f3\">\n<strong>Your session data</strong>: technical information to maintain your connection.</li>\n</ul><p>That's all.</p><h2 id=\"h_01KVX4W5H8KEHYYC4SH3AHH26W\">What Is Not Associated with Your Account</h2><p>Your searches are not linked to your account. Your IP address isn’t either. Your browsing history on Qwant isn’t either. Your account is not used to build a profile.</p><h2 id=\"h_01KVX4W5H8028SXTNJMAC8HTH1\">Retention and Hosting</h2><ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e1dfdb86a4f6d907aaeea8faf9331ed5e\">Data hosted in <strong>Europe</strong>.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e91c9198140c707705f43d4e8989b0866\">Account <strong>automatically deleted after 13 months of inactivity</strong>.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e9840401b6bb897eef97274c2a20524af\">You can exercise your GDPR rights at any time: access, correction, deletion, portability. For more details, you can consult the article \"How do I exercise my GDPR rights?\".</li>\n</ul><h2 id=\"h_01KVX4W5H9M1424D9096M5Y2CN\">IP Address and Technical Partners</h2><p>Your IP address may be shared with technical partners for security reasons (fraud prevention), without being linked to your identity or your account. For details, please see our <strong>privacy policy</strong> at <a href=\"https://about.qwant.com/legal/confidentialite/\">about.qwant.com.</a></p><h2 id=\"h_01KVX4W5HA99HD5YZSWK50S3XG\">Request a Copy of Your Data</h2><p>Send your request to Qwant support. We respond in accordance with the right of access provided by the GDPR. For more details, you can consult the article \"How do I exercise my GDPR rights?\".</p>","user_segment_ids":[]}}