[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 The laws aren't outdated, they are just incompatible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           | so, they are outdated
        
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