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Review the account provider’s connection list and remove unnecessary grants.
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Understand it
You connect a scheduling app to your calendar for a project. The project ends, but the permission may remain. Review your account’s connected-app settings and remove access you no longer need.
Deleting an app from your phone is not the same as reviewing the connection at the account provider. Removing permission also does not automatically erase information the other service already received.
Under the hood
A connection can represent sign-in, account linking or permission to access particular data. Check which type exists and which access was granted. Revoking a grant and requesting deletion of a recipient’s stored copy are separate actions.
Practitioner perspective
Maintain an inventory of approved integrations, their owners and requested permissions. Include revocation in project closure and staff offboarding, and verify whether retained data needs a separate deletion request under applicable policies.
App Permissions
You connect a scheduling app to your calendar for a project. The project ends, but the permission may remain. Review your account’s connected-app settings and remove access you no longer need.
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Permission granted
A calendar tool gets access for a project.
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Project ends
- Permission granted. A calendar tool gets access for a project.
- Project finished. The team no longer uses the tool.
- Review and revoke. The owner removes its unnecessary account access.
Permissions need an end as well as a beginning.
Copy already held
- Data received. An integration receives a meeting record.
- Access removed. New account access is revoked.
- Check retained data. The owner separately checks the recipient’s deletion process.
Ending access and removing existing copies are different tasks.
What could go wrong
An unused integration retains access to a calendar containing private meeting details.
What you can do
- Review the account provider’s connection list and remove unnecessary grants.
- Read the receiving service’s data practices before granting access.
Common mistakes
- Uninstalling a phone app is not proof that every account grant ended.
- Revocation does not pull back copies already received.
Check your understanding
Active recall: explain this idea in 30 seconds
You connect a scheduling app to your calendar for a project. The project ends, but the permission may remain. Review your account’s connected-app settings and remove access you no longer need.
Now give an example and name one limitation. Revisit the explanation if you get stuck.
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