[HN Gopher] Personal data should be auto-delete after a few mont...
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Personal data should be auto-delete after a few months by default
(2018)
Author : divbzero
Score : 35 points
Date : 2021-12-28 19:32 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| zapdrive wrote:
| Data laws are like gun laws. Only the good guys care about them.
| frankbreetz wrote:
| Everyone cares about them if they are enforced appropriately
| spoonjim wrote:
| I get a lot of value from personal data that has been stored for
| decades. I recently went to buy a book on Amazon and Amazon told
| me I had bought this book 10+ years ago. Sure enough I looked on
| my shelves and found it.
| cblconfederate wrote:
| They don't need your personal data for that
| ummonk wrote:
| The history of your past purchases is highly personal data.
| cblconfederate wrote:
| Instead of coming up with more busywork for developers, disallow
| real names and storing of addresses / payment info. Fix ancient
| tax laws to not require storing financial info for decades. Move
| all personal info to the browser.
| nickff wrote:
| > _" Fix ancient tax laws to not require storing financial info
| for decades. "_
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| The government wants to be able to go back in time so they can
| prosecute tax evasion and 'money laundering'. They also want
| someone else to take care of collating and warehousing the data
| for them. The laws aren't outdated, they are just incompatible
| with maintaining privacy in the 'connected' era.
| cblconfederate wrote:
| so, they are outdated
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