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Re:After over 15 years, my Google account has been permanent... by some_account99 on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @03:44PM (#24851304)
In the thread, the @google account replied with the suggestion of going through an appeal process but the user already apparently appealed and it was denied. it would be very interesting to learn what were the given reasons for its denial.
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Re:After over 15 years, my Google account has been permanent... by Minor49er on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @04:47PM (#24852009)
A big problem with companies like Google is that they do not like to disclose their reasons for terminating or flagging accounts. It's probably a policy that's intended to stop people from figuring out what they watch for and gaming the system. But if the Twitter user legitimately did nothing wrong and really is out thousands of dollars, then he should seek legal council.
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Re:After over 15 years, my Google account has been permanent... by rbecker on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @05:14PM (#24852261)
That's conflating disclosing what evidence Google used to determine the offense, and what the offense even was.

If someone was gaming the system, they'd already know which parts of the ToS they were breaking, so they'd gain no advantage from being informed of that again by Google.

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Re:After over 15 years, my Google account has been permanent... by Minor49er on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:34PM (#24904271)
Even if they lost control of their account and didn't know it?
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Re:After over 15 years, my Google account has been permanent... by 6510 on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @07:03PM (#24853224)
How compatible is this with GDPR? It simply states the company is to hand over all data linked to a person.

    The right to be informed
    The right of access
    The right to rectification
    The right to erasure
    The right to restrict processing
    The right to data portability
    The right to object
    Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.
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