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If you're in the EU (or UK) you have the right to have your personal (mis)information corrected. Threaten legal action under GDPR and follow through.

• sussmannbaka 2y ago
  Won’t they just delete your account since you agreed to them to take away your stuff for any reason (including none at all)?
  • hnbad 2y ago
    I'm not sure if there have been any rulings on this so I don't know what lawyers say about this but based on a layperson's reading of the GDPR, I would expect that the company can not simply unilaterally delete the user's data in response to a request to have their data corrected as the user retains ownership of their data (the terms of service may grant a license for specific purposes but any clauses that would waive your basic rights would be unenforceable and void). I know that companies (especially in the US) tend to stuff everything they can think of in the ToS or EULA but generally European courts seem to hold the opinion that they're not allowed to contain "surprising" clauses and it's generally not possible to waive your rights (e.g. you can't waive your copyright but you can grant a license functionally equivalent to putting a work in the public domain in the US). I suspect UK courts may still rule similarly with regard to data ownership.
• robin_reala 2y ago
  This is the only correct answer, and luckily the person who started the Reddit thread has picked up on it too. The only problem is that it’s not going to be quick, but there aren’t any other solutions.