Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoShould you delete accounts after you are done with their purpose?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareShould you delete accounts after you are done with their purpose?Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
E.g. you used a service like for job hunting, submitted personal data, landed a job and are now done with it.
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoDeleting accounts doesn’t mean the company deletes your data. Even under GDPR (Everyone else is completely SOL here, I believe), they can keep if it is required for their business, unless you explicitly demand a full deletion.
minus-squarePsychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day ago Everyone else is completely SOL here, I believe Too lazy to look but I’m pretty sure Californians have that same ability, though similarly we have to request full deletion So VPN on over ig
Deleting accounts doesn’t mean the company deletes your data. Even under GDPR (Everyone else is completely SOL here, I believe), they can keep if it is required for their business, unless you explicitly demand a full deletion.
Too lazy to look but I’m pretty sure Californians have that same ability, though similarly we have to request full deletion
So VPN on over ig