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merinowool on May 1, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook announces Clear History feature

So someone is going to commit a crime, then clears history, asks FB to delete account. Police knocks at FB doors - FB is like "We don't have any information". How is that going to work with GDPR?

Disillusioned9 on May 1, 2018 | [–]

Surely there is going to be plenty of other leads they can look to for evidence?

Don't see how this edge case is worth permanent surveillance of everyone.

alex_young on May 1, 2018 | [–]

GDPR gives them 3 months to delete anything, so you better plan your coverup well in advance of a knock on the door [1].

[1] https://gdpr-info.eu/art-12-gdpr/

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