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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead. (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by FirmDistribution@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would not surprise me one bit to learn that your job is just to cover their ass. That you're not deleting anything that hasn't been backed up. But, if the shit hits the fan they can point to you and your records to "prove" they are deleting stuff.

I don't trust billionaires at all.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Oh, that company is run by millionaires not billionaires and they are pretty sincere in not wanting to keep data that is requested for removal.

Having been hit by accessibility and copyright legal trolls has made them kind of gun shy though.

I have convinced them that they won’t miss it, plus I set up an easy and documented workflow.