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4 votes
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Europe hopes barbed wire will keep migrants out. It won’t.
16 votes -
WhatsApp announces messaging interoperability in response to Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA)
27 votes -
European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls. In 2026, Euro NCAP points will be deducted if some controls aren't physical.
50 votes -
Germany, France and how not to do deterrence – The EU’s two leading powers are causing confusion and anger among allies as Ukraine’s future hangs by a thread
12 votes -
EU fines Apple €1.8bn over App Store restrictions on music streaming
26 votes -
Frontex: [EU] Border agency all at sea over shipwrecks
5 votes -
Amazon lobbyists to be barred from European Parliament
30 votes -
EU countries already hitting some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030 – Study finds ‘systematic progress’ achieved in 2010s with some states reaching targets a decade early
20 votes -
Apple on course to break all Web Apps in EU within twenty days
37 votes -
Family of Swedish EU diplomat Johan Floderus, imprisoned in Iran for more than 663 days, fear death penalty verdict is imminent
17 votes -
EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit sixty-year low
11 votes -
EU leaders approve €50 billion deal for Ukraine after Viktor Orbán lifts his veto
21 votes -
A wolf killed EU president Ursula von der Leyen’s family pony, it ignited a high-stakes battle
27 votes -
Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
35 votes -
EU seeks ‘consequences’ for Israel over opposition to Palestinian statehood
13 votes -
Question about GDPR
I am in the EU. I asked a company in which I had an account to delete my account. They told me they would do that as long as I sent them an ID and a postal address. This is to ensure that "I am...
I am in the EU.
I asked a company in which I had an account to delete my account. They told me they would do that as long as I sent them an ID and a postal address. This is to ensure that "I am the right person".
I never gave them an ID and a postal address in the first place so how would that verify anything, and I'm using the email that I used to sign-up with them to ask for the deletion.
Am I in the wrong to believe that this should be easier? Are they misinterpreting the GDPR or am I?
What are my options if I do not want to send my ID and postal address?
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Their arguments are:
Article 5(1)(f) of the GDPR requires us to meet security obligations in data processing. Since data deletion is permanent, we need to ensure that the request is indeed from the person concerned.
Furthermore, Article 12(6) of the GDPR states: "…when the data controller has reasonable doubts concerning the identity of the natural person making the request referred to in Articles 15 to 21, he may request the provision of additional information necessary to confirm the identity of the data subject."
10 votes -
Senior EU politician launches bid to remove Hungary’s voting rights
22 votes -
Plant-based spread maker tries move into paper-based tubs
13 votes -
EU Cyber Resilience Act: What does it mean for open source?
13 votes -
Why Europe fails to create wealth
27 votes -
Sculptor sues Swedish glassmaker Kosta Boda for €1m in test of EU ‘bestseller clause’ – landmark case may open door to retrospective claims across bloc
6 votes -
EU agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova
38 votes -
Finland and Italy seek to hinder restrictions on single-use packaging ahead of next week's gathering of EU ministers in Brussels
11 votes -
Centrist Donald Tusk is elected prime minister in Poland
40 votes -
EU affirms free will in new AI regulation
19 votes -
Iran has accused Swedish EU employee Johan Floderus of spying for Israel and "corruption on earth", a crime that carries the death penalty under Tehran's Islamic laws
9 votes -
European Union reaches a deal on the world’s first comprehensive AI rules
12 votes -
European Court of Human Rights rules that sex workers can seek compensation for lost profits, reversing Bulgarian decision about human trafficking victims
17 votes -
Lars Aagaard, Danish climate minister, says farmers deserving most success on the European market should be those who emit the least carbon per tonne of food produced
18 votes -
Italy bans cultivated meat
43 votes -
Meta’s Threads to launch in Europe in app’s biggest expansion since debut
9 votes -
TikTok pledges €12B European investment over ten years as work on Norwegian data center begins
6 votes -
Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules
28 votes -
The United Nations Committee against Torture has expressed concerns about Denmark's ambitions to transfer asylum seekers to third countries like Rwanda
17 votes -
Will the switch to USB-C be good for repair?
25 votes -
Privacy win: EU Parliament decides that your private messages must not be scanned
34 votes -
Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities
8 votes -
Ukraine is ready to start process of joining European Union, European Commission says
33 votes -
Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied EU to pressure Egypt into accepting Gaza refugees
15 votes -
Norway's government risks crisis over a contentious package of EU energy bills
5 votes -
Trade tops the agenda as Germany’s Olaf Scholz meets Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu on West Africa trip
8 votes -
EU says “shocking and shameful” racism [in the EU] is getting worse
16 votes -
YouTube anti-adblock detection is illegal in the EU
77 votes -
A vast northern European project is underway to combat isolation by promoting inclusion – we take a look at the results in Norway
9 votes -
‘The tsunami just keeps coming’: Europe’s growing cocaine market
14 votes -
The EU’s great power delusions
6 votes -
After many years, migrant workers in Norway won legal protection from exploitative agencies – but now a European Free Trade Association ruling puts progress in peril
3 votes -
Meta (Facebook / Instagram) to move to a "Pay for your Rights" approach
33 votes -
‘Who benefits?’ Inside the EU’s fight over scanning for child sex content
23 votes