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Reddit is restoring deleted posts (mstdn.games)
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I just logged in and checked my reddit account, and all my deleted posts have come back.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I have already sent a GDPR request to Reddit and they refuse to comply.

I asked them to delete everything they have about me, including my account and they told me that I need to login into reddit and ask it from there which:

  1. I don't have to since GDPR says that I can even do it verbally and I don't even have to write to a specific email, I can just let any employee of that company that I want this and they should honor it.
  2. They straight up don't even have the option to delete your data there, since I requested for the complete erasure of my data as that is also in my rights.

Reddit literally refuses to comply with GDPR rules and tonight after work I am going to lodge a formal complain about GDPR violations as I do have proof of this in my emails.

Fuck Reddit I hope it crashes and burns.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

@Alkalyon

@shindig1457

Can a non European make use of this. Or do I have to be in Europe to make and register a complaint. I assume there is nothing I can do here but I might as well ask.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For companies, GDPR applies to people in European Economic Area whose data is used by companies, or companies that have an office in EEA or another stable arrangement in EEA and process personal data of people located anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

GDPR applies to people in European Economic Area whose data is used by companies,

I am in Greece. I am protected by GDPR.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You can file a complaint with any EU supervisory authority, even if you're not personally an EU citizen, as long as the company you're complaining about does operate specifically and targeted in the EU. It is better if you are a citizen though. But as long as they're mishandling EU citizens data, doesn't matter who tells the authorities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

If you are not a European citizen you cannot ask for your data to be deleted but you 100% can report a company, in this context Reddit, for not complying with GDPR.

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