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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm assuming he means because federation, even if you delete something its mirrored on other instances

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Sure, but the deletion is also mirrored to the other instances no?

EDIT: I suppose it should be alright if you mention in your privacy policy that if you interact with other instances their privacy policies apply as well.

[–] can 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Under normal circumstances. But there could be federation issues, or someone could run a custom version that just ignores all deletion requests.

I'm unsure if that's considered part of the diligence required in Europe.

Edit: does that even apply to public forums such as this? I have always treated it all as if it's public forever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago