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I would follow other prominent players in the space. When I delete my tweets, are those retweets and replies also deleted? When I delete my FB or Whatsapp accou

I would follow other prominent players in the space. When I delete my tweets, are those retweets and replies also deleted? When I delete my FB or Whatsapp account, are my messages deleted from recipients accounts? As a lean startup, I wouldn't pay my own lawyer to figure out what hundreds of well paid lawyers have already decided. You could write tech support for these companies and ask exactly how their GDPR compliance works. I'm sure they'll be happy if not legally obligated to tell you.

jdietrich 8y ago
>I would follow other prominent players in the space. Facebook can afford to play fast-and-loose with the rules. They have an army of lawyers waiting to contest any ruling from a supervisory authority. They have an army of developers ready to redesign their product if they're ordered to do so. They have an army of DBAs and CSRs to manage deletion requests and subject access requests. If you're running a startup that collects and processes lots of personal data and your resources are rather more limited than Facebook, it's sensible to interpret the GDPR cautiously. The more data you collect and store, the greater your potential liabilities. We're habituated to hoarding personal data, because the cost of storage is effectively nil and it might be useful at some point in the future. GDPR makes Schneier's argument that "data is a toxic asset" into a business reality. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/03/data_is_a_toxic.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/03/data_is_a_tox...
ldjb 8y ago
When you delete your tweets, then yes, assuming people retweeted using the Retweet button, those retweets are also deleted. Replies are not deleted because those belong to the senders, not you. As for Facebook, it is true that deleting your account does not delete your messages. That's something they have been criticised for. However, I believe deleting your messages does result in recipients being unable to access them (except from cache, of course).

jdietrich 8y ago

>I would follow other prominent players in the space. Facebook can afford to play fast-and-loose with the rules. They have an army of lawyers waiting to contest any ruling from a supervisory authority. They have an army of developers ready to redesign their product if they're ordered to do so. They have an army of DBAs and CSRs to manage deletion requests and subject access requests. If you're running a startup that collects and processes lots of personal data and your resources are rather more limited than Facebook, it's sensible to interpret the GDPR cautiously. The more data you collect and store, the greater your potential liabilities. We're habituated to hoarding personal data, because the cost of storage is effectively nil and it might be useful at some point in the future. GDPR makes Schneier's argument that "data is a toxic asset" into a business reality. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/03/data_is_a_toxic.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/03/data_is_a_tox...

ldjb 8y ago

When you delete your tweets, then yes, assuming people retweeted using the Retweet button, those retweets are also deleted. Replies are not deleted because those belong to the senders, not you. As for Facebook, it is true that deleting your account does not delete your messages. That's something they have been criticised for. However, I believe deleting your messages does result in recipients being unable to access them (except from cache, of course).