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Tangentially, about Patreon: I tried removing my Pateron account yesterday, since I haven't been using it for a year now, and the removal procedure is absolutel
by kklisura 4y ago
Tangentially, about Patreon:
I tried removing my Pateron account yesterday, since I haven't been using it for a year now, and the removal procedure is absolutely ridiculous [1]:
1. I needed to open some privacy page
2. Then click some button to make privacy request
3. Pick an option to Erase account
4. Click Allow, so some third-party (?) can access my information and delete it. In their support page [1] they state "Click the Allow button so that our data deletion partner, Transcend, can view your Patreon account — they must have access to the account to erase it." - What the hell is "data deletion partner", first time hearing this term?
5. Click Confirm.
6. Just when I thought that's it, they sent me an email "You've recently made a request to erase your data from Patreon. Please verify that you made this request by clicking the link below.". Of course, this step is not described in their support page [1].
7. This doesn't remove the account, but adds it to queue so my account will be removed sometimes in the following 30 days. Incredible!
[1] https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/204605915-Delete-my-Patreon-account#:~:text=Deleting%20my%20Patreon%20account%20and%20data https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/204605915-Dele...
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