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by shaki-dora 2368 days ago
> With regards to being able to scrape your data or just get your data back from 3rd party's, I think that's a losing battle.

Both Google and Facebook have tools that allow you to export your data in both (usable) JSON and HTML.
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choward 2368 days ago
That's fine but how often do you export? How do you merge it with other exported data? Are you exporting your entire history every time? What about when Google/Facebook breaks their API or get rid of it?
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sroussey 2368 days ago
That is why we are creating PrivicyPal -- to set a schedule to download and merge data from many sources and monitor over time. Will be adding beta testers soon.

See https://www.privicy.com/privicypal/about

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karlicoss 2368 days ago
Yep, exactly that!

As in, you can do GDPR export or Google Takeout now and then, but then you request it, enter your password/etc; in few days you will get a link to the archive. You can put a reminder to do it now and then, but then your export stales, it's just so frustrating. It's almost ok as a means of backup, but it's hard to use this data in a meaningful day.

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fuzzybeard 2368 days ago
The lack of an export feature is rather common among smaller services. What Google and Facebook are capable of doesn't scale down to other service providers.
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