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I know (from your site) that you're not european, but to any EU citizens out there reading: Know your rights. You can unrequivocably request deletion of your pe

I know (from your site) that you're not european, but to any EU citizens out there reading: Know your rights. You can unrequivocably request deletion of your personal data, including your account, if it's known to be stored somewhere on the internet (edit: or even off the internet. Physical records are covered!). There are rare exceptions (eg. financial data required for tax purposes, security/compliance, …), but I've never seen it be an issue. And if it is an issue, there are enforcement organizations that will help.

Mirioron 8y ago
Too bad that almost all sites you'd actually want to use or have used are outside of the EU. Unless it's a big site they probably have no EU presence and there would be no way for the EU to do anything.
- mmmmpancakes 8y ago
  I don’t know if you are right. Being hosted outside the EU doesn’t seem to exemt companies that handle EU citizens data from complying with EU privacy laws.
- scrollaway 8y ago
  On paper that's not correct. In practice, what you're saying is likely sometimes true, but I have yet to encounter it. Smaller sites generally have people on hand and are still human enough that they will at least try to accomodate you manually if needs be. And if they're being annoying with you, and you are pretty explicit about the nature of your request, specific about your rights under GDPR, etc they'll either get scared enough to do it, or figure you're not worth the trouble and do it so you stop complaining. Really the most annoying services I've dealt with GDPR-wise are in fact large corps with EU presence (sometimes EU-only!), that just don't have enough human elements in their chain to talk to you like a person. And this is something where it's very comforting to know you do wield a lot of legal power to rectify these issues.

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I know (from your site) that you're not european, but to any EU citizens out there reading: Know your rights. You can unrequivocably request deletion of your pe

by scrollaway 8y ago

Mirioron 8y ago
Too bad that almost all sites you'd actually want to use or have used are outside of the EU. Unless it's a big site they probably have no EU presence and there would be no way for the EU to do anything.
- mmmmpancakes 8y ago
  I don’t know if you are right. Being hosted outside the EU doesn’t seem to exemt companies that handle EU citizens data from complying with EU privacy laws.
- scrollaway 8y ago
  On paper that's not correct. In practice, what you're saying is likely sometimes true, but I have yet to encounter it. Smaller sites generally have people on hand and are still human enough that they will at least try to accomodate you manually if needs be. And if they're being annoying with you, and you are pretty explicit about the nature of your request, specific about your rights under GDPR, etc they'll either get scared enough to do it, or figure you're not worth the trouble and do it so you stop complaining. Really the most annoying services I've dealt with GDPR-wise are in fact large corps with EU presence (sometimes EU-only!), that just don't have enough human elements in their chain to talk to you like a person. And this is something where it's very comforting to know you do wield a lot of legal power to rectify these issues.