▲ 210 ▼ Reddit violates CCPA (youtu.be) submitted 3 years ago by Danimals@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments This video shows that Reddit refused to delete all comments and posts of its users when they close their account via a CCPA / GDPR request.
[–] leftzero@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) This sounds like malicious incompetence... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 point 3 years ago Not necessarily, although Reddit can definitely choose to play it that way. A lot of systems made in the pre-GDPR era (which is most of them) were not designed with the capability to decouple and erase content at a moment's notice. Btw incompetence won't hold up as a valid defence for violating GDPR. At most it can give them some stalling room. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 point 3 years ago Not necessarily, although Reddit can definitely choose to play it that way. A lot of systems made in the pre-GDPR era (which is most of them) were not designed with the capability to decouple and erase content at a moment's notice. Btw incompetence won't hold up as a valid defence for violating GDPR. At most it can give them some stalling room. permalink fedilink source parent