[HN Gopher] Personal data should be auto-delete after a few mont... ___________________________________________________________________ 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) (HTM) web link (www.ctrl.blog) (TXT) w3m dump (www.ctrl.blog) | 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. "_ | | 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 The laws aren't outdated, they are just incompatible | with maintaining privacy in the 'connected' era. | cblconfederate wrote: | so, they are outdated ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-12-28 23:00 UTC)