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> When a message is deleted, only the user's access to the message is deleted. It's going to take all of 30 seconds until someone sues Google and asks for them
by Alex3917 8y ago
> When a message is deleted, only the user's access to the message is deleted.
It's going to take all of 30 seconds until someone sues Google and asks for them to delete sent messages from someone else's inbox. Regardless of whether or not what your doing is legal (and I think you're in the clear), you're not going to be the test case here.
- orf 8y agoYou can't sue for perceived GDPR issues.
- caymanjim 8y agoYou can sue for anything. It may be dismissed for legal reasons, but that sets precedent. It may be settled without setting a legal precedent. In either case, there are material and immaterial costs involved.
- orf 8y ago> You can sue for anything Sure, but that's nothing to do with GDPR and can be done today. Tacking GDPR onto a frivolous suit doesn't add anything and also doesn't set any precedent. The law clearly sets out how to handle GDPR complaints, and it's not via the courts.
- repolfx 8y agoNo, but you can request deletion. And then you can complain to a regulator. Bear in mind there are, like, 28 different data privacy regulators in the EU. So all it takes is a few people in each country to file such a request, get denied and file complaints with the regulator, and now you've got 28 official committees looking into it. If all of them decide it's OK, no problem. If back here on Earth some of them disagree, well, there's a super-committee that's supposed to enforce a uniform treatment, so it'll get kicked up to the EU to decide. And then what happens probably depends on who the test case is about. My guess - they'll ignore complaints until they're against the FAANG companies. And then they'll decide compliance wasn't good enough, and hand down a fine. Let's wait and see.