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LinkedIn ID verification (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago by ka1ikasan@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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First things first, I've updated my LI account with a new e-mail and 2FA and now my account is "Temporarily restricted". LinkedIn require me to send them either my ID card (no way) or my legal information certified by a lawyer in my country (no way). The ID seems to be "verified" (they are nothing to compare against) by Persona, a third-party that is located in US.

I kindly asked by mail to delete my account (as outlined in Article 17 of the GDPR) using a webcall or a short video with me talkie-talking about how I would like to recover my account. "Kindly asked" whether they prefer me to bring the matter to the court (Article 77 of the GDPR). Gonna see what they reply.

Anybody who went through this? Any success? Any arguments that seemed to work on the support?

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Send them a fake/photoshopped ID. I did that with Facebook when they pulled that shit to try and stop me from deleting my account by locking it.

[–] ka1ikasan@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

I'd might accept to send my ID with my photo, first and last name (data which they already have and might use to verify my identity) but with all the remaining info being anonymized / blurred. But I believe that Persona filter out blurred out images. And I have to admit, I am kinda afraid to send fake data. Sure, Persona is not a legal representative but a third party, sending them a fake ID isn't any different to send a fake ID to a buddy but still.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago

It used to be possible to give them entirely fake IDs. When I want to delete my Facebook account, there was kind of a trend around the globe to give them McLovin ID. And so did I. It worked.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is actually required to comply with the GDPR.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My experience was in the US and pre-GDPR, but how would they even verify that it's not your real ID?

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Proper identification requires a logged in device to take a picture of you and possibly a short video in which the document is moved in front of the camera (to confirm the holograms).

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seems like you can still use trickery there but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Total security is the same as zero risk: it does not exist. Still requiring companies to properly collect documentation about data subject requests is a positive in my book.