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In response to "One of the GDPR rules is for "data portability". So when a service shuts down or shits the bed or whatnot, users aren't left in the lurch." by Beryllium

Regarding the right to be forgotten, it is sufficient for you to anonymize the data.

Posted by Fuzzy (aka mrfuzzy) Jul 15 '23, 16:56

You could replace the user for all of my posts with the username "Forgotten 01", for example.

The portability requirement is more tricky. Honestly I'm not sure that requirement has really been tested from a regulatory standpoint. I'm not sure that anyone has actually solved for that question yet - if I ask Facebook for my info, will it be in any sort of usable format? Who knows.

IANAL, but I was a privacy officer for a global fintech for a couple of years.

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As for portability, I've exported my content from Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google, and a few others. Quality varies. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 15, 17:00 4
- I'm a bit surprised. Since you aren't a citizen of a GDPR country, I would not have fulfilled those requests -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 15, 17:48 3
  - I haven't received any requests of that nature. I'm contemplating what it would mean in an abstract way, as part of a larger concern. - Beryllium Jul 15, 17:54 2
    - Sorry, let me clarify. - Fuzzy Jul 15, 18:07 1
      - Ah, yes. Thanks. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 15, 18:09
I am not sure that that is true, because the content of the conversations may also be personally identifying, and I have no way to identify that. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 15, 16:59 4
- I think that your biggest exposure would be two things - Fuzzy Jul 15, 17:19 3
  - Ah, good thoughts. Thanks. Although I don't control or own the file mentioned in #2. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 15, 17:24 2
    - And a reminder again that IANAL and I'm 2-3 years out of this game. Things may have changed since I did this stuff -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 15, 17:41
    - Doesn't matter, unfortunately -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 15, 17:27

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