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Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by justhw on Friday November 24, 2017 @12:55AM (#15769678)
> Then there's the practicality of things. If you delete your account here on HN, would you expect all conversations that you participated in to be removed? All references to your comments? Or all comments that you made removed?

There's been few debates here about the definition of to 'delete' which I won't get into. However, as a user, it rubs me wrong when companies equate simple username disassociation with deletion. It's not a user's place to wonder about the practicality of deletion at scale. A user has the right to have removed all content they've produced regardless of whether it's linked with other posts.

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Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by yorwba on Friday November 24, 2017 @01:37AM (#15769792)
> A user has the right to have removed all content they've produced regardless of whether it's linked with other posts.

Do they though? Maybe I'm understanding it wrong, but I thought the GDPR only applies to personally identifying information, not all data ever generated by a user. So by disassociating the user name and the post, the post has suddenly ceased to be personally identifying information and no longer needs to be deleted.

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Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by kelnos on Friday November 24, 2017 @03:55AM (#15770168)
That's difficult, though. What if the contents of a post provide identifying details of the owner of the account?
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Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by PeterisP on Friday November 24, 2017 @04:47PM (#15773201)
IMHO that should be treated in the same manner that if the contents of my post provide identifying details of the to-be-deleted person.
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Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by Steeeve on Friday November 24, 2017 @12:51PM (#15772026)
> A user has the right to have removed all content they've produced regardless of whether it's linked with other posts.

What major sites behave in a way that you find acceptable?

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