If reddit banned you permanently, do you still have the right to be forgotten? : reddit

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If reddit banned you permanently, do you still have the right to be forgotten? (lemmy.ml)

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I write this because I have several accounts on Reddit and I really want them deleted but I can't delete them now that I'm permanently banned. I can still go into Reddit and browse. How does that even make sense?

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[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you're a European citizen, nothing Reddit does can remove your right to be forgotten.

If you're a citizen of a lot of other places, your government doesn't enforce that right.

[–] activ8r@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

*Citizen within the EU

As a Brit, this distinction is becoming bigger and bigger every day.

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Good point.

[–] trainden@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 years ago

Your best bet is probably contacting them. This can be done on this support page. Select 'Inquiries Related to Your Privacy Rights' and then under 'What do you need assistsce with?', go with 'Request account deletion/deactivation'. Hope this helps!

[–] balls_expert@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago

I asked for my data to run shreddit on everything several months back and they never got back to me (I'm ip banned). I think I'll send an email to their legal contact

[–] ridethisbike@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

How does this work? How is it not possible to delete the other accounts? If it's an IP ban, can't you circumvent that and log in to the others and delete them?

[–] Gnemesis@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Have you tried using Redact? I just nuked my account and posts with no issue. My account was not banned, however. I like the feature that allows one to edit all comments and posts rather than just delete them. I replaced everything with a heartfelt message for u/spez...