Ask HN: Any way to deactivate your Hacker News account?

Re:Ask HN: Any way to deactivate your Hacker News account? by Crosseye_Jack on Monday September 05, 2022 @12:32AM (#32720541)

Taken form the UKs ICO

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio...

> When does the right to erasure not apply?

> The right to erasure does not apply if processing is necessary for one of the following reasons:

> …

> for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific research, historical research or statistical purposes where erasure is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of that processing

So Internet Archive is prob covered under archiving in the public interest. But don’t IA remove pages upon request?

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Re:Ask HN: Any way to deactivate your Hacker News account? by arunnanda on Monday September 05, 2022 @12:56AM (#32720687)

Do they delete old records of a website if the site owner simply asks for it, or do they need any substantial reasons to do so?

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Re:Ask HN: Any way to deactivate your Hacker News account? by Crosseye_Jack on Monday September 05, 2022 @03:25AM (#32721491)

You just need to ask and they will remove it.

https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-request-to-remove-som...

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Re:Ask HN: Any way to deactivate your Hacker News account? by mattmanser on Monday September 05, 2022 @03:51AM (#32721627)

Of course it isn't. Archiving Trump's tweets would be in the public interest, but not Joe Blogg's. That's not what public interest means.

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