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by scottlocklin 2706 days ago
FWIIW it doesn't really delete the data here either.

Citation: I deleted my account, asked friends if my side of old conversations was still there. It is.
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tzs 2706 days ago
That raises an interesting question: who owns a conversation?

I'm not at all sure how data protection laws, such as GDPR, do or should interact with online messaging systems. For instance, if you ask Google to remove all data they have on you on gmail, do they have to reach into the mailboxes of any other gmail users who have received mail from you and delete those messages?

Or do the recipients count as the ones who are storing that data, so if you want your data out of my mailbox you would have to ask me, not Google?

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the_duke 2706 days ago
That would be a big violation of EU laws.

Maybe it depends on jurisdiction.

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scottlocklin 2706 days ago
Yes it would be: but I used the Russian nuclear testing site as my address, so they may not apply GDPR to it.
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zozbot123 2706 days ago
Russian troll spotted? Maybe that's why Facebook "reactivated" the account so easily.
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scottlocklin 2706 days ago
Yes, I'm sure most Russian trolls use the Russian nuclear test site as their home address when posting from Berkeley.
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