As per gdpr you can request all personal information removed from your account
Just not have all your posted deleted
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only personal data i can see is mick, he can change that bit himself iirc in user cp
Well I agree with you to some extent but the far reaches of what and what can not be addressed by GDPR/similar let alone other independent legal avenues are not 100% clear till action is taken.
e.g. I had a personal opinion that Mr.X was wrong/dick head/..... that I posted. I then wanted to retract that posting of my "personal" view because I was wrong but website XYZ refused to do this because it may break their precious forum posts/thread continuity.
NOTHING is actually as black and white and bullet proof as many people think.
If there are any wriggle holes that a wealthy person's attorneys could exploit with a million dollar backing then the defendant will either have to cease/desist and take them on AND pay all costs if they lose. I'm not going to even suggest this is a fair and honourable system but it is the system.
Where the system fails/falls short or falls apart is in "new" cases not possibly covered by previous "case law" and today GDPR and other similar legal frameworks/requirements/etc are determinately lacking on case law, appeals, etc. so If I ran the Fiat Forum and you asked to have all you personal data and posts removed/redacted/.... then I would immediately do so.
I've done extensive research and taken legal advice in this whole topic with respect to GDPR/etc. for sites that I run and trust me even your IP address is covered by GDPR so even webstat programs that record this without your prior consent are in breach of the law. There are exceptions regarding deeper level security issues but technically your IP address is personal information and has to be treated accordingly.
Let us be honest with ourselves. For too long we have as stupid individuals signed, agreed to so much crap without a second thought because "that website/company" offers something of interest to us. Who is the fool here?
I am, you are, we all our and thankfully legislation is fighting back and waking us up to our past mistakes.
I don't care if anyone disagrees with me etc. but I do defend their right, my right, your right to control, redact and withdraw.
I’m on side with a few of the others posting on here.
The forum rules do not over write laws and in this case if someone wanted to be completely removed from the forum then GDPR laws give them that right.
That would mean every post and reference to that person would need to be removed.
One thing that seriously annoys me about the forum is that pictures I posted years ago in the gallery I now can’t remove or update which causes other issues with intellectual property rights.
It’s only a matter of time before the wrong person gets the hump and decides to take action against the forum and they would have the law 100% on their side.
The forum rules do not over write laws and in this case if someone wanted to be completely removed from the forum then GDPR laws give them that right.
That would mean every post and reference to that person would need to be removed.
One thing that seriously annoys me about the forum is that pictures I posted years ago in the gallery I now can’t remove or update which causes other issues with intellectual property rights.
It’s only a matter of time before the wrong person gets the hump and decides to take action against the forum and they would have the law 100% on their side.
If that happens then that happens, no point changing everything until it does imo
Well Dave that would be where we differ...
Obviously having been a Mod you'll have more idea what is and isn't possible on the board software. But personally I wouldn't want to find myself legally compelled to remove any section someone had appeared in as I was unable to remove references to them specifically and I hadn't made a contingency.
But I do future planning for a living....
Obviously having been a Mod you'll have more idea what is and isn't possible on the board software. But personally I wouldn't want to find myself legally compelled to remove any section someone had appeared in as I was unable to remove references to them specifically and I hadn't made a contingency.
But I do future planning for a living....
Well it kinda is happening, people on this thread are asking to be removed, so legally the forum has to comply
i meant until some one threatens legal action and/or asks under data protection regs
its a bit petty imo i am member of loads of forums that i don't even remember exist until they email a birthday message, must be loads more connected to email address i no longer use.
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People are petty and there are those who will use any weakness to make a point regardless of the misery they cause. At the very least the forum needs tools and procedure that allow it's officials to find and delete (or perhaps hide from public view) everything entered by a particular member.
The ico seems to says forums that are for personal use as opposed to business linked ones are exempt from gdpr and just subject to normal data protection act lawsbut I'm to legal person
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAKegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw0_96bRmPuESILZdyz7KQMz
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAKegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw0_96bRmPuESILZdyz7KQMz
I think that’s an older document that predates GDPR, when GDPR came in it replaced the data protection act
That nicely highlights a big flaw in UK law. (And probably elsewhere)
As citizens we are bound by laws, ans there is the phrase, "ignorance of the law is no excuse", yet there is no easy way to 'know' the law. The only clear publication we ever have access to is the Highway Code, the closest we'll get to the law being accessible.
Other law is published, but in its raw form, all in 'legalspeak', deliberately written to ensure no normal person can interpret it, and no qualified legal person will commit ot its meaning either. When laws are update, amendments are published, but not added into the original legislation.
What we really need is each law written in plain English, and updated to include all amendments, so for any situation, we can do a quick lookup and read easily the relevant rules.
Dream on.
(Sorry, rant over, feel better now.)
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as far as i can tell big companies like facebook dont let you delete your account just archive it. that's a bit more worrying than a small (in comparison ) forum
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