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No, if you collected the data and shared it with others, simply informing the others is not enough. This is why the platform needs tools for admins to comply.

A proper method, that allows the users to nume their account could already be enough.

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maynarkh@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
What I mean by informing others is that you have to explicitly forward the deletion request. Not much else you can do I think.

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- Badeendje@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I get that, but this is where it gets tricky. As “there is nothing we can do” was the number one reason used under the law predating the GDPR. So in the GDPR there is a stipulation that you stay responsible or share responsibility with the other party If you share the data. Because large companies used this to send data through clearing houses allowing them to hash their hands.
  
  GDPR is really the cranky brother of its predecessors, because there was so much fuckery going on.
  
  And while I doubt Admins will be a prime target for privacy watchdogs, it is good that they also have to think about the privacy of their users. Since privacy is a basic human right.
  
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  - maynarkh@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Oh, that’s actually neat. But at the same time, that means every instance owner is responsible for the whole of the Fediverse.
    
    I can imagine that would mean non-compliant instances will get defederated at some point? Or ActivityPub will get some compliance features? It’s not like the EU is unaware of the Fediverse, they are the main monetary supporters behind Lemmy.
    
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    Badeendje@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I have no clue how jurisprudence would turn out. But keep in mind, this is not about the posts people make. The framework just needs to collect/store as little information as possible that can be considered PII. And it should have a way to remove it.
    
    If Deleting your account results in the PII actually being removed (username, ip address, other profile info, whatever data is stored under the hood) and these removals actually get federated… there should not be an issue.
    
    Then admins maybe have to do something if people start posting PII as messages, but that would probably be doxing and up for removal anyway.
    
    So mainly the issus boil down to:
    
    is there a way for people to scrub their account
    
    does the scrubbing remove all the data
    
    is the platform clear about what data is being collected and is all collected data actually needed
    
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