Not presumably. But you have to offer both options. Which option they use is up to them.I am really confused. You used a modification on your vb3.x site which allowed people to delete their own accounts, yet they are required by German law to send you an email (presumably) before they use that feature?
Sorry for my feeble memory.
Thank you for the further clarification.But you have to offer both options. Which option they use is up to them.
I'd just not host my server in Germany
Really? I know your full name, wife's name, phone number, and street address. All of this was found with 5 minutes of web searching. I'm sure I could find much more if I took the time.Well yeah, there are exceptions; but generally it takes some work to find a person.
Nice idea. But you should know that it doesn´t matter where the server is located at. If the responsible site owner is a resident of the FRG and subject to german law it´ll sound ugly: guilty as charged. The only reason to host off shore or in a foreign country is that they can´t shut down the server - or at least not immediatly.I'd just not host my server in Germany
Guess you got it wrong. Fully automated, you don´t have to touch it.I don't like this idea, all for a button to request account closure and deletion of personal info from database, then e-mail verification and finally an admin option to follow through on the request.
Out of interest, regarding German law, if a user requests all their personal information be deleted from the database, does this mean any post where they may have provided personal details? Any post where other users may have quoted or posted personal details of that member? Changing the username of the closed account if it contains their real name? And what constitutes personal details? If member A was requesting deletion, and there was a post where member B said to Member C something like "Great to see you at Member A's party last week" would that have to be deleted? If so it would be a right nightmare.
I have no intention of hosting forums there now, but I do host other stuff from Germany. Laws like this also have a habit of being picked up by the EU and then I would be screwed if it means absolutely any personal details in any part of the database.
Nice idea. But you should know that it doesn´t matter where the server is located at. If the responsible site owner is a resident of the FRG and subject to german law it´ll sound ugly: guilty as charged. The only reason to host off shore or in a foreign country is that they can´t shut down the server - or at least not immediatly.
What you are asking for can be accomplished by a user changing their own e-mail address to an inactive/bogus address. They will no longer get e-mail notifications of anything happening on the forum, and they simply stop visiting.What the heck you´re talking about, guys?! Sorry folks if I may sound a bit rude - but are you blind or not willing to read what has been written and requested: it´s not about the deletion of all posts a user made. It´s just about the account itself and the personal data nested within. The postings remain untouched. Can you copy that ?
What you are asking for can be accomplished by a user changing their own e-mail address to an inactive/bogus address. They will no longer get e-mail notifications of anything happening on the forum, and they simply stop visiting.
You´re going wrong again. As written in one of my last posts the german law gives the user the right over his account and full control what should happen with it. Vice-versa the german law treats postings in my forum like published letters to the editor or articles in the printed local newspaper. They can´t be deleted by nature. Only the circumstance that postings in forums can be edited long time after they have been published opens the door for a user to request the delete of personal informations in there. I don´t know who told you that, but - sorry - it´s not true. And I can´t imagine that the danish law is so different from the german.What you are asking for also does not comply with German law. At least the request to fully delete one's account (and posts and PMs) had some legal basis.
Ask them. Everyone has a reason. And a good part wants to delete ALL their posts anyway - until Ihave to tell them to read the TOS again and that the postings can´t be deleted (unless there is personal data in it).Why would someone want their account deleted but all their info left behind?
Fine. Do it manually and leave the activate button of this function untouched. Where is the problem ?I will just add that if someone came to me and said they need some posts edited/removed or info removed because it endangered their job, safety, etc. and they were not a total dip****, I'd absolutely do it.
I did say in a previous post that it would NOT be hard to find me because my username is my business name. And I never said it was impossible to find people, just not as easy in general. I don't consider myself part of the "in general" class, due to my business name being out there.Really? I know your full name, wife's name, phone number, and street address. All of this was found with 5 minutes of web searching. I'm sure I could find much more if I took the time.
Its not abused if they choose to delete their account.
Adding this is pointless; members who no longer wish to be part of the community can request an account deletion, or they can go inactive. In all cases I've seen a member claim to leave a community, they have always come back, or they just result to lurking, making the statement pointless.
I wouldn't use the feature, but as you read through, its a requirement due to a German law.Or worse come back and troll around trying to stir up trouble before you just outright ban them.
I wouldn't use the feature, but as you read through, its a requirement due to a German law.
Its also stated in the thread (Which you must have missed, as I don't think you read through), that there should be an on/off option.Sorry but German law has no bearing on anything if the site is not in Germany. Having users be allowed to delete their own accounts is an absolute nightmare. SMF has this function built in but its left to the admin if they want to allow it. So possibly that is what you would need/mean instead of forcing the rest of the world to laws that do not pertain to us.
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