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TheHobbyist ,

Former reddit user, deleted my accounts just a few weeks back, should I feel concern that my data may still be involved? I guess there would be no GDPR recourse for me anyway?

DmMacniel ,

Did you also deleted your comments and posts?

TheHobbyist ,

Yes, all content possible, before deleting my account.

onion ,

You didn't delete anything. You told reddit to delete stuff, but whether they actually did that is a different question. It isn't public on their website anymore, but the data might still be lying around on their servers

MouseWithBeer ,
@MouseWithBeer@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

Yea they keep all the data. I deleted everything on my account when the whole shitshow happened and then GDPR requested the data associated with the account and it was all still there. And when I requested that they delete that too they outright refused.

Metz ,

i would love to see the answer from reddit because that sounds extremely illegal. keeping the data alone is already a violation.

vorpuni ,
@vorpuni@jlai.lu avatar

Can you post a short version of what you sent them for inspiration?

voracitude ,

If you're in the EU, I hope you have documentation of that. Could prove useful.

winterayars ,

That sounds like a gdpr violation. Companies can keep some things under the gdpr even when asked to delete them but i doubt your comments or whatever fall into that category.

LWD ,

Elsewhere in this thread, somebody mentions that Reddit only needs to unlink your comments from your identity in order for it to be technically legal for them to hang on to them.

But if you do a GDPR request for your account and it comes back with your comments, they clearly haven't even done that.

topinambour_rex ,
@topinambour_rex@lemmy.world avatar

You can ask to have everything related to you, to be deleted. Just provide your email.

banghida ,

Former user, I've deleted my 12 years old account when Boost stopped working. I am not sure what can I do, I would gladly sue tbh.

TWeaK ,

If they still have your comments on the site then you still have a claim.

If they don't have the comments on the site, they probably do still retain the content secretly and technically you would have a claim, but it would be impossible to prove.

voracitude ,

Au contraire. If they didn't delete the information when asked to under the GDPR, and they get caught deleting evidence after a suit was filed (civil by one of us, criminal by the EU), they're in even bigger trouble. Reddit would have to be very careful to cover their tracks, and they won't be careful enough.

promitheas ,
@promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

My DPO basically told me that since reddit told me (I contacted reddit first as per the GDPR) that I can delete my comments myself I should go ahead and do that, and that my case was closed. Even after telling her that there were still 2 comments visible only when my profile is viewed "signed out", and I provided a screenshot of a regular browser window where I am signed in and an incognito window where I am not, her reply was that once I delete my account they will not be linked to me in any way so they do not violate the GDPR...

voracitude ,

Disappointing on the face of it, but not entirely unexpected. This will be an aggregate effort from members of the community; the next step is to write your local politician and ask why the response from their watchdog was so milquetoast?

promitheas ,
@promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

Doesnt work that way over here sadly 😁🥲

TWeaK ,

It might not violate GDPR, but there's still copyright to it. Reddit haven't provided consideration in exchange for the rights they claim to your comment - access to the website is offered free of charge, regardless of whether you post.

Granted, that's a different avenue entirely, you'd have to take them to court for selling your work to train AI.

winterayars ,

Even if they don't have your comments, if you find a gdpr complaint they will have to show that. You can ask to see any data they have on you and also ask them to delete it. (If you're actually going to sue them don't ask them to delete it, though. You'll need that in court.)

lemmyingly ,

Boost hasn't stopped working. I'm still using it and I've used it everyday.

I have Boost for Lemmy and Reddit. Their icons are identical.

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