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How long can I keep my account and certificates?

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Last updated 11 months ago

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You can keep your account for as long as you have an active subscription plan. You can view our subscription plans here:

If you no longer have an active subscription with us, then we will provide you with one of the most generous grace periods in the industry that we know of — 12 months grace period.

During the 12 months grace period, .

We recommend you to download / export all of your certificates before your account is deleted.

What happens to my certificates?

Because all the pertinent information can be visited in the blockchain, this means that as long as you can match it up with your uploaded files / text, you can still be safe to know that it is usable including for your legal purposes. Note that if your files / text have been tampered with, then the SHA-256 fingerprint will not be the same as what is on the certificate.

Nothing will change in the blockchain, since we cannot modify it (or delete it).

My account is "Dormant". What happens next?

We will notify you via email around 2 months before your grace period is planned to end.

What happens when my account is deleted?

As part of our procedure, we will delete all your information from our database:

  • Your ScoreDetect account information

  • Delete all of your certificates

  • Unsubscribe you from all ScoreDetect email and notifications

This will give you enough time to should you wish to no longer use our services.

By , you will keep all of your certificate information. As long as you have the blockchain URLs and the accompanying files / text, it can be usable including for your legal purposes. Remember, we use SHA-256 to generate a fingerprint of your files / text. This means that you can independently use any trusted SHA-256 tool to obtain the fingerprint yourself. We recommend an open-source SHA-256 tool or OS-specific command line.

After the grace period has ended and your "Dormant Account" still does not have an active subscription plan, .

Afterwards, you are always welcome .

download / export your certificates
to create a new ScoreDetect account
we will delete your account
your account is classed as a "Dormant Account"
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