How to Delete your Reddit Account and All Data under GDPR/CCPA
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  • ckempo ( ckempo@feddit.uk ) 
    10·
    3 years ago

    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.

    • Jimbob0i0 ( Jimbob0i0@beehaw.org ) 
      11·
      3 years ago

      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…

      • blindsight ( blindsight@beehaw.org ) 
        2·
        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.

    • TheOtherJake ( TheOtherJake@beehaw.org ) 
      7·
      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.

    • Sami ( Sami@lemmy.zip ) 
      5·
      3 years ago

      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”.

      • ckempo ( ckempo@feddit.uk ) 
        2·
        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)