Chris 👾 (@[email protected])
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Attached: 2 images 👿 PSA: #Reddit is restoring deleted and overwritten posts to save what they consider "their data". This is a new low and probably illegal at least in Europe. You can send a GDPR or CPRA request here: https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request These are screenshots of my profile on June 14th before and after overwriting and then deleting all my posts with Powerdelete. Today, June 16th all my posts have been restored by Reddit without my knowledge or consent. #redditblackout #redditmigration #kbin #lemmy

I just logged in and checked my reddit account, and all my deleted posts have come back.

  • LChitman
    5•2 years ago

    Copying my comment from another thread below. I have since realised that Reddit does have to be GDPR compliant so it must be applicable, but does it apply to all content?

    Would this actually be a GDPR breach? I was thinking about the right to erasure/to be forgotten earlier in relation to a post I saw about how your posts aren’t deleted on other federated instances, if you delete them on your home server. But I figured it wasn’t applicable because it’s not personal data and I’m thinking the same about this Reddit issue. Can anyone set me straight?

    • ShindigOP
      11•2 years ago

      Yes, definition of personal data from GDPR:

      ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;

      • LChitman
        3•2 years ago

        Ah, thank you. I didn’t realise the definition covered so much but it makes sense especially with how the data could be used in conjunction with other identifying data. I should obviously brush up on my understanding of GDPR!

        • Jon-H558
          1•2 years ago

          If it is truly anomoymised they can keep the contant.

          Say you posted a guide to building a pc without any thing to identify you then Reddit could keep the guide up and just remove username…but if you put anything in that comment to identify yourself (like “I am bob of Bob’s PC repairs, Slough trading estate, UK and here is my guide…”) That would have to be deleted on request (in theory they could just remove that sentence). Most places think it’s easier to just remove all your content but Reddit seems to think they can anonmymise it.

      • @whitehatbofh
        3•2 years ago

        Folks in the EU should file a GDPR complaint against reddit for every deleted post restored.

        I bet someone could script that and share the code…