A couple of years ago, I discovered that archive.org had archived an ancient (1998ish) personal web page of mine. Back when the internet was a smaller, safer and simpler place. It contained a bunch of personally identifiable information, including a phone number and an address. It took me months to have it removed from their archive. They are extremely (deliberately?) slow to respond to emails. They ignore EU law (ri…
> The domain no longer exists, and my registrar doesn't keep records older than 10 years because of GDPR, so I couldn't use that as a way to prove the page was actually mine. Wait, are you complaining that they wouldn't take down a page immediately upon your request with no proof that it actually belonged to you?
In a reductionist sort of way, I guess I am. But they should probably ask for permission before archiving stuff forevermore. Or at least make it easier to block them.