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Google does actually clear that data. It persists in some backups for awhile but it’s never used again.
by fipple 8y ago
Google does actually clear that data. It persists in some backups for awhile but it’s never used again.
- Lio 8y agoDo they clear it without using it and if they do use it to they clear the results of that use?
- fipple 8y agoDon’t understand the question. Say you have 10 million records across 50 systems. You clear data, each of those systems does a delete by userid, but then the collection starts again as of your next click.
- Lio 8y agoWhat I'm getting at is Calgoo's point. If Google/Facebook use my data before they get the request to delete it will they also delete the output of that processing?
- fipple 8y agoNo, but Google will retrain their personalization features post-delete so you’ll start from a clean slate but ML models for spam filtering etc. will not be changed until a re-train.
- calgoo 8y agoAnd to follow up on this, if some AI model is trained using the data, is that AI model then trashed and redone without the dataset?
- UncleMeat 8y agoGDPR doesn't demand that you destroy all features created with the help of user data.
- Lio 8y agoMaybe it doesn't I'm certainly no expert on GDPR but it does highlight how Google/Facebook are crossing the creepy line. These companies are treating privacy legislation as they treat tax legislation. That is, they're using legal loop holes to be as legally creepy as they can without respecting the spirit of the law.