For how long Flinks holds data and IDs?

Modified on Wed, 21 Jun, 2023 at 3:22 PM

Flinks holds user data for up to 90 days, and user credentials for up to 30 days. After that period of time, a new connection through Flinks Connect is required.

In terms of the IDs Flinks issues for each connection, please refer to the table below for more information:

FAQs	LoginId	AccountId	TransactionId
For how long does Flinks store this ID if the card is never refreshed?	Forever	90 days, because after this period the data is deleted from our servers	90 days, because after this period the data is deleted from our servers
In which scenarios will this ID change?	- If username is changed - If card is deleted and user reconnected	- If a new LoginId is generated - If the card is not refreshes within 90 days	- If a new LoginId is generated - If the card is not refreshes within 90 days
How this ID is generated?	By the combination of username, FI and language (English or French)	Randomly, and it's unique across the board	Randomly, it's unique across the board and it's not incremental

FAQs

LoginId

AccountId

TransactionId

For how long does Flinks store this ID if the card is never refreshed?

Forever

90 days, because after this period the data is deleted from our servers

In which scenarios will this ID change?

- If username is changed

- If card is deleted and user reconnected

- If a new LoginId is generated

- If the card is not refreshes within 90 days

- If a new LoginId is generated

- If the card is not refreshes within 90 days

How this ID is generated?

By the combination of username, FI and language (English or French)

Randomly, and it's unique across the board

Randomly, it's unique across the board and it's not incremental