If you’ve ever deleted a story from Wattpad, there’s a good chance that it’s still lurking on the site. In fact, according to a recent report from The Verge, Wattpad is retaining deleted stories for up to six months. This raises some serious privacy concerns, especially given that Wattpad is a platform where users share stories anonymously. If your story gets deleted and someone else accesses it later, they could potentially read your personal thoughts and feelings without your consent. Wattpad has now responded to the report by saying that it will start deleting deleted stories after two weeks instead of six months. However, this doesn’t go far enough in terms of protecting user privacy. It’s important that Wattpad takes steps to ensure that all user data is properly protected and never stored indefinitely. ..
