Forgot all data

Could you provide a link. And sorry what, they're preparing to "forget all data." Diaspora is hosted on private pods and is decentralized. How can the EU legislate anything concerning our data?

@blindsite well legislation does apply to any web application, not just corporate ones ;) If it is what I think it's a good thing, to make sure that web apps allow users to delete their own data.

@maxsamael diaspora* already has this function AFAIK. Though using it doesn't guarantee the removal of said data from other pods, but that cannot be technically guaranteed anyway and cannot be assumed responsibility of pod owner to do.

@jasonrobinson Do we already remove the user's comments? When someone tries to delete his account we tell him

Your comments will hang around, but they would be associated with your diaspora* ID instead of your name.

IMO we would also have to delete the comments.

I'd be surprised if the law specified that every comment made by a user had to be removed. I think it's more likely to be about personal data (e.g. account data containing information about the person). It would make a nonsense of conversations if comments were to be removed wholesale.

Of course a person can already delete their account data (including posts, but not comments), and can delete comments manually if they wish.

We'll need some details about what this law actually is going to say, and what it won't say, before it's worth discussing steps to take.

Personally if comments I've made were not deleted when I delete my account I'd consider it a bug :P

Really? I think that once you've said something, you can't expect it to be unsaid.

Let's find out what the law actually says on this, if anything.

It would make sense to remove any link to an account name in comments, replacing it with 'Deleted account' or some text like that. That would mean that it can't be traced to the person who has deleted their account, while meaning that conversations in which that person took part still make sense!

Thank you for answers.
This law isn't already yet, but is it the discussion in EU parlament.
I have this information from TV news.
Is it prepared, becouse there is problem on internet with private data.
I haven't detailed law yet, maybe isn't there exact sentence now.
But it will be this law soon.
BTW many laws is in EU discussed without know of people. I try to search more informations on the internet.

Really? I think that once you’ve said something, you can’t expect it to be unsaid.

In that case we shouldn't delete the persons posts either hmm? :)

Deleting comments may break a conversation, while deleting post does not.