Basically what it says in the title. Too many sites make you jump through all these hoops to have your account deleted, and sometimes even then don't do it.

I know about justdeleteme, but unfortunately that doesn't cover a lot of things. Threatening legal action with my state's attorney general—in one case, anyway—didn't work. Maybe the EU will pass some legislation that will carry over to the US . . .

Anyway, don't mind me, just griping.

EDIT: Sort of like the "unsubscribe" button you get at the bottom of some emails. Did they have to pass a law to get that enacted?

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[–] 34 points 1 year ago (7 children)

VPN to Spain, you'll find that a lot more options for deleting your account will be available.

(Spain aggressively pursues GDPR violators)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Thanks! I've been German and even Swedish, but never a Spaniard. The only real challenge is that so many incompetent web developers ignore language preferences and look only a country of origin for site text, and I don't understand Spanish.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I'm Spanish and currently Spain has a very left oriented policy, at least compared to the most other EU countries. But the future remains unclear, "dark forces are strong, my little padavan".

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