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Flood Reddit with GDPR / CCPA delete requests (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by cowvin@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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Reddit can restore your deleted posts. However, if people flood them with GDPR / CCPA delete requests, they may become liable for lawsuits if they don't comply.

It sounds like their current policy is to not delete your posts even when deleting your account, but there may be grounds for legal action here.

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[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, they're correct, which the rest of your comment alludes to in the full context. You'd only be allowed to request deletion of comments with personal data, and Reddit is within their rights to have you specify which ones.

[–] ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m sorry but that’s not what the User’s agreement and Privacy Policy says. It’s pretty obvious who’s the content’s owner and what rights we have over it. The only way reddit can keep that content is by making a derivate of the content, like stated above. As I can see some of my original posts being recovered after deletion, these are obviously not derivative of anything, they’re the original content.

As of right now, I haven’t deleted my account, so this includes my username. That’s definitely personal data, and as such, they’re not allowed to recover the post without my consent. Maybe the solution to the problem at the moment is to keep an account in order to have more control over our content and make sure stays deleted. In case they change their UA or PP regarding this matter, then we should request the account’s deletion.

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again, that only applies to personal data, not all your reddit comments.

[–] ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personal data only matters from a GDPR point of view. Regarding Reddit's UA and PP, that doesn't have any relevance. They also specifically cover our current problem as an example:

Please note, however, that the posts, comments, and messages you submitted prior to deleting your account will still be visible to others unless you first delete the specific content.

Which is exactly what I (and many other people) did, and yet they've restored our content without our permission. And once again, at least in my case, I only deleted my posts and not my account as of right now. This means every single one of my restored posts has my handle on it, which is personal data.

An individual’s social media ‘handle’ or username, which may seem anonymous or nonsensical, is still sufficient to identify them as it uniquely identifies that individual. The username is personal data if it distinguishes one individual from another regardless of whether it is possible to link the ‘online’ identity with a ‘real world’ named individual.

It really doesn't get any easier to understand, but please make sure to keep glazing spez.
I'm sure he appreciates any support he can get right now.

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude, we were specifically discussing the GDPR, a subject that I have a lot of experience in through my career. You don't get to move the goalposts to Reddit's ToS and accuse me of supporting spez lmao. Get out of here.

[–] ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Surely you have loads of experience, yet you lack reading capabilities. I suggest you re-read the information above and draw your own conclusions. I won't be discussing this any longer, as you must be clearly trolling or lacking in the reading department.

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Read the title of the post bud

[–] ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was answering a comment regarding Reddit's ownership of our content and if we're allowed to delete it or not.
From OP:

Reddit can restore your deleted posts.
It sounds like their current policy is to not delete your posts even when deleting your account, but there may be grounds for legal action here.

I'm sure my comments are still well within topic here?
Lil bro tried to read a second time and still failed, please don't try again. 😭😭😭😭\

[–] Waldo495@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

GDPR applies to all data that can be used to identify a living person (you). The Terms of Service are your contract with reddit, and intellectual property right in portions of your comments that are not personal data would apply to that. The privacy policy applies to everything, because it is the company's notice about what they do and don't do, and they must stick by that, or else they violate the FTC's rules on consumer fairness (among other things). Most companies would simply allow users control over their comments to ensure GDPR compliance, although technically reddit is not required by GDPR to delete or afford any rights related to personal data... UNLESS, they have specified so in their privacy notice and/or terms of service. There, that's my second comment ever in kbin. I'm personally very sick with Reddit's conduct. It's definitely enshitification. Either way, EU data protection authorities would take a very dim view of the willy-nillly way in which Reddit reinstated supposedly deleted comments even without considering the specific content. I suspect the FTC would not be real keen on it either.