48
How to Delete Your Reddit Account and All Data Under GDPR/CCPA (thomashunter.name)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/news@beehaw.org
13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

It's important, this. With rumours of posts being undeleted and the like, it seems that Reddit are fudging their content somewhat. BUT: in theory I expect that the GDPR would protect those covered by it (not me, in the UK, post-Brexit ☹️) from this, and anything deleted must stay that way?

Dunno if there's gonna be more fun on this front in the future.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Although we're no longer under the higher level EU legislation, the entirety of it was incorporated into an updated DPA during the Brexit reconciliation process.

    https://uk-gdpr.org/

    So you could still go through the same process... and frankly Reddit won't really know whether they need to act by it so go ahead...

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    The last bit is a big one. They have no way of knowing your citizenship. Even if you've never logged in with that country's IP addresses, you could have a dual citizenship or be an expat. How will they know if I claim to be German? Even if they ask for proof, I could send them a driver's license pic from the Internet with all information redacted for privacy and security reasons.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    It's not rumors. I tried it last night and they're trickling back in slowly. Edit: Looks like it's just from subs that were private and got unprivated. Those comments couldn't be deleted and end "reappearing".

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Fair enough. I meant "rumours" in as much as I've not tried it myself yet so am not speaking from experience, rather than people making anything up. I don't doubt they're being shits with our data (likely because they're going to say it's THEIR data as per various clauses in the user agreement etc)

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    I wonder how their algorithm would respond to using a free VPN like proton, using a California/EU based instance and filing a CCPR/GDPR. I imagine it must lean on the conservative side of assuming it is a valid legal request.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent