3 ms·

Aren't they preserving your deleted data? They could link your new accounts with your old data internally

nvr219 9y ago
Accroding to FB help: "When you delete your account, people won't be able to see it on Facebook. It may take up to 90 days from the beginning of the deletion process to delete all of the things you've posted, like your photos, status updates or other data stored in backup systems. While we are deleting this information, it is inaccessible to other people using Facebook." https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674 https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674
- cylinder 9y ago
  That doesn't answer the question as to whether they are still using the data internally.
  - ghostly_s 9y ago
    'Deleting' seems pretty clearly to convey that they do not retain that info, for any purpose. (IANAL?)
  - nvr219 9y ago
    It mentions deleting data stored in backup systems so I'm interpreting that as the data goes away.
  - posixplz 9y ago
    I would imagine that they are either deleting it entirely internally or selectively deleting the data entirely in localities where the law requires them to do so. So far, only the EU has strict regulations requiring businesses to comply with valid requests to delete personal information. (EU GDPR) From a Facebook-makes-money-from-retaining-user-data perspective, I would imagine they are making every effort to ensure they're permanently deleting user data only where legally compelled to do so.
newscracker 9y ago
The easier way is for FB to wait until the GP friends the friends, and with some or many of them having already synced their contacts/address book with FB, tie the GP back to the old ("deleted") identity using the phone number. This is a simplistic explanation, but there are more ways to identify people based on the name and other attributes one's "friends" upload on to FB. In effect, what the GP does in no way helps provide more privacy from FB for the GP.

Accroding to FB help: "When you delete your account, people won't be able to see it on Facebook. It may take up to 90 days from the beginning of the deletion process to delete all of the things you've posted, like your photos, status updates or other data stored in backup systems. While we are deleting this information, it is inaccessible to other people using Facebook." https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674 https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674

cylinder 9y ago
That doesn't answer the question as to whether they are still using the data internally.
- ghostly_s 9y ago
  'Deleting' seems pretty clearly to convey that they do not retain that info, for any purpose. (IANAL?)
- nvr219 9y ago
  It mentions deleting data stored in backup systems so I'm interpreting that as the data goes away.
- posixplz 9y ago
  I would imagine that they are either deleting it entirely internally or selectively deleting the data entirely in localities where the law requires them to do so. So far, only the EU has strict regulations requiring businesses to comply with valid requests to delete personal information. (EU GDPR) From a Facebook-makes-money-from-retaining-user-data perspective, I would imagine they are making every effort to ensure they're permanently deleting user data only where legally compelled to do so.

newscracker 9y ago

The easier way is for FB to wait until the GP friends the friends, and with some or many of them having already synced their contacts/address book with FB, tie the GP back to the old ("deleted") identity using the phone number. This is a simplistic explanation, but there are more ways to identify people based on the name and other attributes one's "friends" upload on to FB. In effect, what the GP does in no way helps provide more privacy from FB for the GP.