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Interesting idea, if you're in the EU: when they ban you, ask them to delete your PII. Either you get unbanned because they're no longer storing the fact that t

Interesting idea, if you're in the EU: when they ban you, ask them to delete your PII. Either you get unbanned because they're no longer storing the fact that they banned you, or they need to provide a reason for storing it against your expressed wishes. "We want to, lol" will probably not fly, so I expect they'd need to give some info on the reason of the ban. If it's law-related ("you're on a blacklist from the government, but we can't tell you"), you'll get a hint. If they just say "our magic ML blackbox predicted the probability of fraud was above average", I doubt that will be considered a valid reason. If they actually have a valid reason (e.g. someone with the same name already had an account at that address), you'd at least know what's up and can fight that head on. I don't know though, maybe they'll just tell you to get lost and that they're not going to delete it and also not tell you why, and then just pay a $50 fine 5 years down the line when some data protection agency finds the time to do something.

Nextgrid 4y ago
Just FYI, I was in the same situation and did so and they never got back to me. GDPR enforcement is almost non-existent (especially in cases where they need to investigate and potentially litigate instead of sending canned replies) in my country (and most others by the looks of it) so there's nothing you can do in practice.
- luckylion 4y ago
  Sad to hear. It's annoying when you get a bunch of new regulation that is self-selected-enforcing and only the law-abiding citizens and companies will follow it while others ignore it without consequences. It's spotty in Germany, since it's set up at the state level and depends on where the company is located. In my experience, Hamburg's DPO is terrible, slow and mostly unwilling. Berlin's is very slow but not incompetent. Hesse's is quick and responsive and feels like they have a good understanding of tech and want to get things done.

Nextgrid 4y ago

Just FYI, I was in the same situation and did so and they never got back to me. GDPR enforcement is almost non-existent (especially in cases where they need to investigate and potentially litigate instead of sending canned replies) in my country (and most others by the looks of it) so there's nothing you can do in practice.

luckylion 4y ago
Sad to hear. It's annoying when you get a bunch of new regulation that is self-selected-enforcing and only the law-abiding citizens and companies will follow it while others ignore it without consequences. It's spotty in Germany, since it's set up at the state level and depends on where the company is located. In my experience, Hamburg's DPO is terrible, slow and mostly unwilling. Berlin's is very slow but not incompetent. Hesse's is quick and responsive and feels like they have a good understanding of tech and want to get things done.