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Hope so. There's fuck all reason for companies to keep my data once I've finished engaging their services. >

I thought the EU's right to be forgotten laws were used more by people who wanted their past misdeeds to no longer turn up when someone googled their name? >

Nah, its also when you decide to delete your Facebook/Twitter/Youtube/Instagram/TikTok accounts etc.
But yes, you can just contact google and say you want all mentions of you to be removed from the Search engine if you want. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 88%. (I'm a bot)


The right to be forgotten and a right to sue for privacy breaches will be considered for the next tranche of Australian legislation, the attorney general has said.
"I've already brought in substantial increases to penalties which I hope has sent a message to corporate Australia that they have to take more care about the privacy of Australians about the data of Australians that they have in their custody," he told Guardian Australia on Monday.
A Meta spokesperson said it "Supports stronger privacy protections for Australian consumers including the introduction of a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy and a right to erasure in certain circumstances".


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