Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas...
by YeBanKo on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:14AM
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Does EU have any regulation to prevent it? I hoped that the latest Digital Markets Act would have any provision against it, but afaik it didn’t.
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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas...
by PointlessLogin on Friday September 16, 2022 @04:44AM
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> Does EU have any regulation to prevent it?
Yes
Article 22 of the GDPR. Essentially it sates that if automated decision making occurs, you must be able to appeal to a human.
https://www.gdpr-toolkit.co.uk/individuals-rights/the-rights...
This is aside from common law, which might give some protection in that entities managing your goods (and maybe your data?), even voluntarily, have a have a duty of care to keep them safe.
Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas...
by weberer on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:56AM
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No, people in the EU also have the same thing happen with Google.
Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas...
by carlmr on Friday September 16, 2022 @07:01AM
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This is not clear. Even if it is regulated, the question is if anybody ever successfully sued to get this right, and then the question is what is the fine that would be given. Is it large enough to make the company change its ways in the future?
Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas...
by iicc on Friday September 16, 2022 @04:29AM
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GDPR Article 16 gives you the right to have inaccurate personal information amended, taking in to account the purpose of the information.
A phone number used for this purpose would definitely identify a person, and so qualify as personal information.
Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas...
by ghaff on Friday September 16, 2022 @05:30AM
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Presumably you need to prove who you are to make changes to your record however. GDPR doesn’t give me the right or require a company to change a phone number if I call them up and tell them to change the number for some random name without proof of identity.