How to delete your account?

[Guyb93]

As in title really , how do I delete my account here?

 

[Colin_T]

Don't know if you can. Most people just walk away if they don't want to stay here.

 

[EllRog]

Why do you wanna leave? I enjoy your contributions personally

 

[Barry Tetra]

Why do you wanna leave? Did someone being rude to you?

 

[Slaphppy7]

As in title really , how do I delete my account here?

I suppose you could start a private chat with a Mod and ask....

 

[the_lock_man]

Back in the days when I was a mod, we didn't delete accounts, the reason being that it would make nonsense of threads you had contributed to.

However, that was in the days before GDPR, and you now have a right to have websites "forget" you.

I would suspect that moderators do not have the privileges to delete accounts, only administrators, so that would be @Chad or @dascrow

 

[Chad]

it would make nonsense of threads you had contributed to.

That is correct.

 

[the_lock_man]

That is correct.

The ol' memory cells are still just about functioning. Hope you're well, Chad.

 

[Chad]

Doing good.

Hope you're well, Chad.

 

[Utar]

What's the point of deleting an account, when you can just log out and never log back in again.

 

[Fish4dawin]

@Guyb93 please don't leave, this is a great place and we'll miss you a lot if you leave. Also, you literally just got the added bonus of FOTM. It would suck so much if you left.

 

[Essjay]

What's the point of deleting an account, when you can just log out and never log back in again.

Under UK data protection legislation an individual is entitled to ask a company to 'forget' any personal information held on them, including companies based in other countries.

 

[Utar]

Under UK data protection legislation an individual is entitled to ask a company to 'forget' any personal information held on them, including companies based in other countries.

That's good to know, does that mean I can have the IRS delete my data and forget about me......lol...

 

[Slaphppy7]

Under UK data protection legislation an individual is entitled to ask a company to 'forget' any personal information held on them, including companies based in other countries.

Even with Flakebook?....lol

 

[Essjay]

From what I have read, FB had ask its users to review their privacy settings because of this; what things users gave consent for advertisers to use to target them, for example.
Though a ruling in Vienna decided that Facebook could get round GDPR.