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Re:Instead of deleting account, NYT appends ‘1000’ to userna... by nitrogen on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @12:03PM (#23008346)
Do active/inactive fields comply with data privacy laws like those in California and the EU?
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Re:Instead of deleting account, NYT appends ‘1000’ to userna... by akx on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @12:27PM (#23008628)
IANAL, but if you anonymize (not just pseudonymize) the PII from the user table (and others) I think so, yeah.
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