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Any EU based users of reddit should immediately file a complaint under GDPR with their supervisory authority (kbin.social)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Former user, I've deleted my 12 years old account when Boost stopped working. I am not sure what can I do, I would gladly sue tbh.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (6 children)

If they still have your comments on the site then you still have a claim.

If they don't have the comments on the site, they probably do still retain the content secretly and technically you would have a claim, but it would be impossible to prove.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Au contraire. If they didn't delete the information when asked to under the GDPR, and they get caught deleting evidence after a suit was filed (civil by one of us, criminal by the EU), they're in even bigger trouble. Reddit would have to be very careful to cover their tracks, and they won't be careful enough.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

My DPO basically told me that since reddit told me (I contacted reddit first as per the GDPR) that I can delete my comments myself I should go ahead and do that, and that my case was closed. Even after telling her that there were still 2 comments visible only when my profile is viewed "signed out", and I provided a screenshot of a regular browser window where I am signed in and an incognito window where I am not, her reply was that once I delete my account they will not be linked to me in any way so they do not violate the GDPR...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

It might not violate GDPR, but there's still copyright to it. Reddit haven't provided consideration in exchange for the rights they claim to your comment - access to the website is offered free of charge, regardless of whether you post.

Granted, that's a different avenue entirely, you'd have to take them to court for selling your work to train AI.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Disappointing on the face of it, but not entirely unexpected. This will be an aggregate effort from members of the community; the next step is to write your local politician and ask why the response from their watchdog was so milquetoast?