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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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What are my legal rights if my data is stored against my will? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I figured this is the right community to ask, since I assume you must know the legal stuff surrounding your passion. I am a EU citizen, if that matters.

One of sites archiving other sites (one of which I used), among other things archived photos of myself. When I stopped using the site I was using, I deleted my account, including all the media, so it's gone from the site I was using, but not from the site which archives it. The site archiving it never responded to my messages pleading to have my stuff taken down. Can I report them to some kind of an authority?

The admin of the site offers to take down some content if you pay them, which basically amounts to them holding you hostage in a way and blackmailing you. I'd call it a revenge porn, but it doesn't contain the revenge part and I don't even know these people.

I will appreciate no rude comments.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

GDPR or something. IIRC they must delete your stuff.

[–] wmassingham 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Assuming they're in the EU as well. If not, they probably don't care at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also I believe California has laws protecting your data privacy.

[–] Celofyz 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[email protected] might be better place for this question

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

[email protected] is also a good resource, it's the technical successor to privacy guides on Reddit.