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Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info (www.theregister.com)

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[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I don't know much about GDPR… is it illegal to have badly written software like this? Technically the user is bypassing normal usage and "hacking" the API

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago

Negligence to delete the account data after termination is a reason to be fined.
They don't need to keep that data.
Afaik the only reason would be if MTX were offered (for book-keeping reasons)

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[–] xiii@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

It is illegal to keep deleted profiles

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[–] needanke@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, especially once you have been informed about it

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