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Great point! It's definitely a step in the right direction, but my immediate thought was "what about all the sites that don't actually delete anything?" Hopefu
by colpabar 5y ago
Great point! It's definitely a step in the right direction, but my immediate thought was "what about all the sites that don't actually delete anything?"
Hopefully apple makes a more user-friendly announcement about this that will introduce people of the concept of data retention and how "deleting" an account isn't really deleting anything.
- vineyardmike 5y ago> my immediate thought was "what about all the sites that don't actually delete anything?" Thats the whole point :) Apple is saying they need to or no iphone app.
- colpabar 5y agoMy point was that not all “delete account” buttons are created equal. Some sites just have an “is_deleted” column in their user table, and will continue to use your data after you “delete” your account. I don’t think apple has any way to check for this, but hopefully they at least touch on this topic in their announcement of the new requirement to the non-developer public.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoIt doesn’t actually say the account must be deleted. It says: “…must also allow users to INITIATE deletion of their account” Capitals mine. So I can allow the initiation of deletion but never actually completely delete the account… and my app complies.