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The worst in all of that is that when it is for nefarious purpose, like government access or spying, they don't have issue to have an employee giving access...
by greatgib 3y ago
The worst in all of that is that when it is for nefarious purpose, like government access or spying, they don't have issue to have an employee giving access...
- saagarjha 3y agoI wonder if GDPR, etc can require Google to hand you your data back even if you can’t access the account.
- bananasmarties 3y agoYou most certainly can and they have to provide you the data. GDPR is about you as an individual and the login itself is irrelevant. Chances are you'd most likely hit the same wall when talking to the customer support.
- Nextgrid 3y agoIn theory yes, in practice Google will stonewall you just as usual and none of the regulators is interested in enforcing the GDPR enough to get this pushed through, so in practice you're still out of luck. Here's a real-life example: https://ruben.verborgh.org/facebook/ https://ruben.verborgh.org/facebook/
- mk67 3y agoVery interesting anecdote. Is there a conclusion to the story?
- Double_a_92 3y agoWe seriously need some stronger consumer-protection laws in those areas. We live in a digitalized World. To some degree those accounts are a part of peoples lifes! Companies should not be able to simply take those away without any good reason and any way of legal recourse.