▲ 95 ▼ Asking for…umm…a friend. How long before Meta deletes your content after you request to delete your account? (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by moe93@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments No photo
[–] moe93@lemmy.ml [S] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children) Fuck! Thanks. Anyway my…ummm…friend can have his meta footprint deleted? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 year ago (2 children) Unless someone feels like breaking into a datacenter (and likely several cold backup facilities) and mechanically wiping data, that shit is there forever. Facebook deletes nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TARgz@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 child) "Never Delete Anything" is Standard at every place I've worked. What happens is that anything that is requested to be deleted is simply marked as "Deleted" in the database. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Not to discredit or counterpoint what you're saying... But in some jurisdictions, that's illegal. As an example, California RTA/RTF laws make it a requirement that some data should be deleted unless there's a different legal standard requiring the data be kept. Enforcement? Who knows? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago To add, not deleted stuff is what my favorite lawyers call "discoverable". Not sure how many lawyers Meta has but I'm betting at least one of them is reminding them deleting stuff is a good thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Even Reddit doesn't delete your post(data) when you delete your account. You will have to do it. Yourself first, of you have hundreds of posts or comments permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Photuris@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Reddit has a change log of your comments. This does nothing to their underlying data permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago it doesnt, but rather have all the comments deleted in any case. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago mechanically wiping data You mean thermite the drives while the employees are gone for a holiday/lunch? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 16 points 1 year ago If your friend is an EU citizen, they might have some luck with a GDPR request to delete all their data. They also might not. Meta technically would have to comply, but there is no real way to know if they did. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Same response as the EU but for California. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago Don't they ressurect dead accounts, and use the ai to post randomly permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 year ago (2 children) Unless someone feels like breaking into a datacenter (and likely several cold backup facilities) and mechanically wiping data, that shit is there forever. Facebook deletes nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TARgz@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 child) "Never Delete Anything" is Standard at every place I've worked. What happens is that anything that is requested to be deleted is simply marked as "Deleted" in the database. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Not to discredit or counterpoint what you're saying... But in some jurisdictions, that's illegal. As an example, California RTA/RTF laws make it a requirement that some data should be deleted unless there's a different legal standard requiring the data be kept. Enforcement? Who knows? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago To add, not deleted stuff is what my favorite lawyers call "discoverable". Not sure how many lawyers Meta has but I'm betting at least one of them is reminding them deleting stuff is a good thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Even Reddit doesn't delete your post(data) when you delete your account. You will have to do it. Yourself first, of you have hundreds of posts or comments permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Photuris@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Reddit has a change log of your comments. This does nothing to their underlying data permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago it doesnt, but rather have all the comments deleted in any case. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago mechanically wiping data You mean thermite the drives while the employees are gone for a holiday/lunch? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TARgz@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 child) "Never Delete Anything" is Standard at every place I've worked. What happens is that anything that is requested to be deleted is simply marked as "Deleted" in the database. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Not to discredit or counterpoint what you're saying... But in some jurisdictions, that's illegal. As an example, California RTA/RTF laws make it a requirement that some data should be deleted unless there's a different legal standard requiring the data be kept. Enforcement? Who knows? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago To add, not deleted stuff is what my favorite lawyers call "discoverable". Not sure how many lawyers Meta has but I'm betting at least one of them is reminding them deleting stuff is a good thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Even Reddit doesn't delete your post(data) when you delete your account. You will have to do it. Yourself first, of you have hundreds of posts or comments permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Photuris@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Reddit has a change log of your comments. This does nothing to their underlying data permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago it doesnt, but rather have all the comments deleted in any case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Not to discredit or counterpoint what you're saying... But in some jurisdictions, that's illegal. As an example, California RTA/RTF laws make it a requirement that some data should be deleted unless there's a different legal standard requiring the data be kept. Enforcement? Who knows? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago To add, not deleted stuff is what my favorite lawyers call "discoverable". Not sure how many lawyers Meta has but I'm betting at least one of them is reminding them deleting stuff is a good thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Even Reddit doesn't delete your post(data) when you delete your account. You will have to do it. Yourself first, of you have hundreds of posts or comments permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Photuris@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Reddit has a change log of your comments. This does nothing to their underlying data permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago it doesnt, but rather have all the comments deleted in any case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago To add, not deleted stuff is what my favorite lawyers call "discoverable". Not sure how many lawyers Meta has but I'm betting at least one of them is reminding them deleting stuff is a good thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Even Reddit doesn't delete your post(data) when you delete your account. You will have to do it. Yourself first, of you have hundreds of posts or comments permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Photuris@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Reddit has a change log of your comments. This does nothing to their underlying data permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago it doesnt, but rather have all the comments deleted in any case. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Photuris@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Reddit has a change log of your comments. This does nothing to their underlying data permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago it doesnt, but rather have all the comments deleted in any case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Reddit has a change log of your comments. This does nothing to their underlying data permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago it doesnt, but rather have all the comments deleted in any case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago it doesnt, but rather have all the comments deleted in any case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago mechanically wiping data You mean thermite the drives while the employees are gone for a holiday/lunch? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 16 points 1 year ago If your friend is an EU citizen, they might have some luck with a GDPR request to delete all their data. They also might not. Meta technically would have to comply, but there is no real way to know if they did. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Same response as the EU but for California. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago Don't they ressurect dead accounts, and use the ai to post randomly permalink fedilink source parent
