account deletion request according to § 35 BDSG

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  xoxoxoxoxoxox1988 · Member · Jul 5, 2013 at 7:40 pm

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  I want to delete my word press and gravatar accounts. According to German data protection law a web site provider must delete a user account on request, including all personal data stored on their systems.

  For reference: paragraph 35 Bundesdatenschutzgesetz
  http://dejure.org/gesetze/BDSG/35.html

  Since this site does not provide the option, please advise how to go about it.

  best regards.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 5, 2013 at 7:51 pm

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  Hello there,
  American law applies to this site. All your were required to provide to register a username account and blog here was an email address which can be removed at any time. Any personal information you chose to voluntarily provide can likewise be removed at any time.

  Although username accounts are not deleted, so you cannot be impersonated and have your reputation affected by anyone registering the same username in the future, there are steps you can take that amount to removing all personal information and result in leaving only a throwaway email address behind. http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

  1. You can go to My Account->Edit Profile and remove all data except the account name and an email address. Create a throwaway email address and change the account email to that throwaway address. This only leaves the username behind.

  2. To unsubscribe from email sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block all subscription emails from WordPress.com”:
  http://wordpress.com/#!/following/subsettings/

  3. To ensure the account is locked up tightly, visit this site, generate a password of 15-20 characters, and change the account password to it:
  http://www.thebitmill.com/tools/password.html

  4. To hide your Gravatar profile, please read “How do I hide my profile?” section of the help page: http://en.gravatar.com/site/faq/#answer-1-8

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog content does not remove any indexed items from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months.