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Data within deleted accounts has a tendency to just disappear from access rather than actually get destroyed because companies like to be "helpful" in case you
by dlsa 5y ago
Data within deleted accounts has a tendency to just disappear from access rather than actually get destroyed because companies like to be "helpful" in case you change your mind.
Consider scrambling the data in the account first. Wait a few weeks then delete the profile. Consider also setting a canary email address before you delete the account so that when the final account data later resurfaces you at least know.
- stblack 5y agoThis is the best advice! "Deleting" an account has to be a systematic user-side process. We don't talk enough about that.
- trident5000 5y agoNeed a right to be forgotten 2.0 legislation in the US.