How to close facebook accounts remotely?
from GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip to privacy@lemmy.ca on 07 Jun 2024 12:28
https://lemmy.zip/post/16899842
from GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip to privacy@lemmy.ca on 07 Jun 2024 12:28
https://lemmy.zip/post/16899842
Hey guys, I am trying to get rid of my old Facebook accounts. I have not been using them for years, in fact I dont know their login data and for one i dont even have access to the email address any more.
I am a EU citizen and attempted to instruct them to close the accounts per email, since logging in requires me to consent to them using my data or pay money (probably illegal here too).
They sent me a quick response basically to go fuck myself, even after I offered to provide personal identification to verify I am the account owner and reminded them that I am an EU citizen and that my data is subject to those laws.
How can i force these fuckers to comply with my request for deletion of the accounts and associated data?
#privacy
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This is a question for your national enforcement authority or for the EU enforcement authority. Ordinary people have never been able to make Facebook do anything.
I wouldn’t call Schrems “ordinary.”
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schrems
Otherwise, if one has the means to file a lawsuit and see it through, a court might rule against Facebook. Normal people aren’t likely to have the resources to gamble on a favorable verdict.
I wonder, would it technically be possible to scrub your account off Facebook by getting a bot army to report it?