[c8g]

probably you were in a hurry or distressed and didn't read the text while deleting the account and probably, you have disabled your account. They will offer an option to disable account in case you change your mind later. Please stop spreading misinformation.

[swamp-agr]

Disagree.

- I explicitly check to avoid any "disabling".

- The only intent was to permanently delete the account.

- You can believe me or not and I did it really careful.

[iforgetti]

Move to a European country and Sue there for GDPR violation.

[sbarre]

Yes that sounds entirely reasonable and practical.

[TomSwirly]

Hello from Amsterdam!

I'm confused. Are you expecting me to spend hundreds of thousands of Euros to get together a team of lawyers and spend years litigating with Facebook?

It's not even clear if I have standing. And what damages would I get? $3.50?

[swamp-agr]

I am in the middle of exactly that process!

[puglr]

What are the actual remedies available to you in your jurisdiction? Which one(s) are you pursuing?

[flipbrad]

You don't need to live in the EU/EEA to invoke GDPR rights. Case in point: the UK authority upheld a US resident's GDPR claim against Cambridge Analytica (and yes, Facebook was involved). https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-bl...

[dahart]

What do you mean “upheld”? The story in your link describes the company refusing to comply and then ends. It’s true that you don’t have to be currently living in the EU to invoke your GDPR rights if you’re an EU citizen traveling abroad, or if you’re a foreign citizen traveling or residing in the EU. GDPR applies to companies that market to people in the EU or do business in the EU. BUT - GDPR is an EU law, it does not apply to US citizens living in the US, which is why the company in your story was legally entitled to refuse to comply.

[flipbrad]

You're quite wrong. GDPR can apply to citizens in the US, and the link I posted shows the ICO enforcing it in their favour. SCL Elections Ltd was taken to court and then fined £15,000 for not complying with that US resident's request.https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-bl... I expect that US resident could also have brought a civil lawsuit, at least in UK courts, for damages.

The EU and UK GDPRs can also apply to companies in the US, or elsewhere. That's because location of the business (including subsidiaries) OR location of the individuals, are hooks under the GDPR's territoriality tests in Article 3. You usually need one or the other though; the way GDPR Article 3 works, it's pretty hard to imagine it applying to a US-only business in respect of US resident-individuals.

[dahart]

Yes it can apply to US citizens in certain cases, I thought I agreed with you on that, did I not? It’s still a fact that GDPR does not always (or even normally) apply to US residents doing business with US companies. UK courts have no authority over US companies operating only in the US with US residents who aren’t traveling abroad. Cambridge Analytica is a British company, that is why GDPR applies to them. So yes, I was wrong to conclude prematurely based on your link that this example is one where the company was legally entitled to refuse to comply. But the take-home message doesn’t change - GDPR doesn’t automatically apply to non-EU residents or non-EU companies, unless or until one or both parties has some EU involvement.

[cutler]

Pre- or post-Brexit?

[OJFord]

Why would that matter?

Here are the changes: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

Afaik it's entirely administrative, e.g.:

> ~~an adequacy decision by the Commission~~ relevant adequacy regulations under section 17A of the 2018 Act

('the Commission' being the European Commission, and no longer relevant.)

[TomSwirly]

> Why would that matter?

Because since Brexit, the UK is no longer protected by the GDPR.

[OneTimePetes]

Couldnt you transfer your account temporary?

[Nextgrid]

I'm pretty sure you can't "sue" under the GDPR. The best you can do is report them to your country's privacy regulator but so far all of them are absolutely incompetent or unwilling to enforce the regulation.

[itomato]

"disabling" until later is the opposite of immediate deletion. Please stop spreading disinformation.

[c8g]

Even your computer has delete and cancel button. Isn't the cancel button opposite of immediate deletion when I am explicitly trying to delete file. Hope you can understand and don't mock others.