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Is this even legal? Hiding data deletion behind login (after email request) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I wanted to delete my old oppo id account, and to do that I'll need to login into it, but I don't know the password.

Password reset requires saying when the account was created (month and year) and "tech support" can't help here either.

Is it legal to block / hide account deletion behind login in European countries? GDPR (and polish RODO) both talk about a right to data deletion, which in this case, I believe, isn't respected.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

saying when the account was created (month and year)

This is an absurd requirement, but do you have a ballpark idea, and does it let you continue to guess multiple times? Submit a few dozen password reset requests and if they complain, tell them to verify you via alternate means.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

It allows 3 guesses, but I don't know how often they reset. I'm pretty sure the account was created after September 2019, but that's still a lot of possibilities.