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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 91 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People that dont want their history revealed

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Don't they honour deletion requests

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Yes but I believe the requests themselves are actually publicly available knowledge.

[–] chetradley@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it depends on the circumstances. I work for a publisher and submitted a request for one of my clients copyrighted books to be removed from the archive, and they took it down the same day.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I think they'd legally have to as well if something violated GDPR

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I don't think so, reading their terms.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No idea. Hope not