Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
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Re: Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
#2Occasionally I go through my password manager to do a cleanup of accounts I no longer use. For the simple reason that if any one of those services get hacked, I don't want to lose credit card- or personal information, and have that end up in the hands of somebody who shouldn't have it.
In trying to delete a few accounts, some services outright refused to delete my info, without giving any reason. Therefore, I've decided in to create a naughty list of tech companies who don't respect your right to your own information.
There are already 261 sites in the list, but let me know if there are any other services you think I should add.
Re: Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
#3Occasionally I go through my password manager to do a cleanup of accounts I no longer use. For the simple reason that if any one of those services get hacked, I don't want to lose credit card- or personal information, and have that end up in the hands of somebody who shouldn't have it. In trying to delete a few accounts, some services outright refused to delete my info, without giving any reason. Therefore, I've deci…
I like this idea a lot. With GDPR on the horizon, this is a great resource to put together.
I’m a little confused about the implementation right now. I don’t understand Rank and Score specifically. The columns need some explanation to make it clearer if a higher number is good or bad, what the number is representing, and how it’s calculated.
Re: Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
#4Occasionally I go through my password manager to do a cleanup of accounts I no longer use. For the simple reason that if any one of those services get hacked, I don't want to lose credit card- or personal information, and have that end up in the hands of somebody who shouldn't have it. In trying to delete a few accounts, some services outright refused to delete my info, without giving any reason. Therefore, I've deci…
It would help to explain your scores a bit (is +10 worse than -10?)
Re: Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
#5Occasionally I go through my password manager to do a cleanup of accounts I no longer use. For the simple reason that if any one of those services get hacked, I don't want to lose credit card- or personal information, and have that end up in the hands of somebody who shouldn't have it. In trying to delete a few accounts, some services outright refused to delete my info, without giving any reason. Therefore, I've deci…
Why is Mastodon listed as "does not delete account"? Look under Security -> Delete account
Re: Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
#6Occasionally I go through my password manager to do a cleanup of accounts I no longer use. For the simple reason that if any one of those services get hacked, I don't want to lose credit card- or personal information, and have that end up in the hands of somebody who shouldn't have it. In trying to delete a few accounts, some services outright refused to delete my info, without giving any reason. Therefore, I've deci…
It would help to explain your scores a bit (is +10 worse than -10?)
Thanks! I changed the scoring system slightly, and added an explanation.
Re: Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
#7One company I would like to nominate as naughty is Newegg. I hadn't ordered from them in years, and asked to delete or disable my account. They can keep their old invoices in the system if they want for legal reasons but I didn't want to log on anymore -- other sellers have processed that request for me.
They repeatedly said "No, we will not disable your account."
And they keep the last address you ordered from in an uneditable field visible on the website, so you can't scramble it with fake address data. I haven't seen any other retailer do that.
Re: Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
#8Occasionally I go through my password manager to do a cleanup of accounts I no longer use. For the simple reason that if any one of those services get hacked, I don't want to lose credit card- or personal information, and have that end up in the hands of somebody who shouldn't have it. In trying to delete a few accounts, some services outright refused to delete my info, without giving any reason. Therefore, I've deci…
I like this idea a lot. With GDPR on the horizon, this is a great resource to put together. I’m a little confused about the implementation right now. I don’t understand Rank and Score specifically. The columns need some explanation to make it clearer if a higher number is good or bad, what the number is representing, and how it’s calculated.
Changed, clarification added.
Re: Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
#9Occasionally I go through my password manager to do a cleanup of accounts I no longer use. For the simple reason that if any one of those services get hacked, I don't want to lose credit card- or personal information, and have that end up in the hands of somebody who shouldn't have it. In trying to delete a few accounts, some services outright refused to delete my info, without giving any reason. Therefore, I've deci…
Why is Mastodon listed as "does not delete account"? Look under Security -> Delete account
Updated to Yes - Partially, because don't guarantee deletion of all data.
Re: Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
#10One company I would like to nominate as naughty is Newegg. I hadn't ordered from them in years, and asked to delete or disable my account. They can keep their old invoices in the system if they want for legal reasons but I didn't want to log on anymore -- other sellers have processed that request for me. They repeatedly said "No, we will not disable your account." And they keep the last address you ordered from in an…
Newegg is going on the naughty list.