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Is there a way to flag yourself as a consumer who always requires personal data deleted when you cancel a service, or is it opt-in on a case by case basis only?
by sgc 9y ago
Is there a way to flag yourself as a consumer who always requires personal data deleted when you cancel a service, or is it opt-in on a case by case basis only?
- Someone 9y agoThat’s neither opt-in nor opt-out, but stronger. Companies only may have data they need for doing their business. If you cancel a service, accounting and similar laws may dictate a company has to keep your address and payment info for a couple of years, but that’s about it (this actually is covered by the implementation of the “data protection directive”, the precursor to the GDPR, which has been in effect since at least 1-1-1999. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive#Legitimate_purpose https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive#Le...) Student clubs (yes, the GDPR applies to them, too, even if they are 100% volunteer run) that want to keep address info of past members for communicating with alumni, for example, have to make that opt-in. “necessary for running the business” has some gray areas. For example, an athletics club will want to keep a list of club records, photos of past victories, etc. That’s something that is allowed as “necessary for being a sports club”. I don’t know whether there’s any case history on this)
- e12e 9y agoEssentially the GDPR does this. Barring some explicit opt-in to the contrary, or other laws that take precedence (such as book-keeping).