Delete my account
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As per Australian Privacy Act I request my Gravatar account is deleted.
You have no right to keep my private data, authorisation keys and account linkages in perpetuity.
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Automattic Inc, an American corporation owns WordPress.com. American law applies> You agreed to the legal and binding Terms of Service, including all policies when you registered a username account here.
Here’s how to deactivate your account:
All you were required to provide to register an account here was an email address that can be replaced at any time.
Any personal information that you voluntarily posted can also 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”:
https://wordpress.com/settings/notifications/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.html4. To hide your Gravatar profile, login and on the bottom right hand corner of your Gravatar profile page you will find a “hide” button visible only to you that you can click.
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Automattic Inc, an American corporation owns both WordPress.com and Gravatar.com and they are together forever.
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p.s. Terms and conditions in legalese on websites are not legally binding. No matter how much you say they are. If you wish to contract with me then it will need to be in a manner that is easily understood and agreed to by both parties.
Delete my gravitar account. I don’t care if you have to wake up a developer and have them login to the database directly.
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You concented for this relationship to be subject to Australian Privacy Act when you got involved with the data of an Australian Citizen.
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Gravatar.com and WordPress.com are both owned by Automattic Inc., and as I have already provided all relevant information to you above, I’ll tag this thread for closure now.
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http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-act/the-privacy-act
Civil penalties of up to $1.7 million AUD for a corporation, $340,000 AUD for an individual, may be imposed for violations.
5B Extra‑territorial operation of Act
Agencies
(1) This Act, a registered APP code and the registered CR code extend to an act done, or practice engaged in, outside Australia and the external Territories by an agency.
Note: The act or practice overseas will not breach an Australian Privacy Principle or a registered APP code if the act or practice is required by an applicable foreign law (see sections 6A and 6B).
Organisations and small business operators
(1A) This Act, a registered APP code and the registered CR code extend to an act done, or practice engaged in, outside Australia and the external Territories by an organisation, or small business operator, that has an Australian link.
Note: The act or practice overseas will not breach an Australian Privacy Principle or a registered APP code if the act or practice is required by an applicable foreign law (see sections 6A and 6B).
Australian link
(2) An organisation or small business operator has an Australian link if the organisation or operator is:
(a) an Australian citizen; or
(b) a person whose continued presence in Australia is not subject to a limitation as to time imposed by law; or
(c) a partnership formed in Australia or an external Territory; or
(d) a trust created in Australia or an external Territory; or
(e) a body corporate incorporated in Australia or an external Territory; or
(f) an unincorporated association that has its central management and control in Australia or an external Territory.
(3) An organisation or small business operator also has an Australian link if all of the following apply:
(a) the organisation or operator is not described in subsection (2);
(b) the organisation or operator carries on business in Australia or an external Territory;
(c) the personal information was collected or held by the organisation or operator in Australia or an external Territory, either before or at the time of the act or practice.
Power to deal with complaints about overseas acts and practices
(4) Part V of this Act has extra‑territorial operation so far as that Part relates to complaints and investigation concerning acts and practices to which this Act extends because of subsection (1) or (1A).
Note: This lets the Commissioner take action overseas to investigate complaints and lets the ancillary provisions of Part V operate in that context.
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You’re officially refusing to carry out my request on my private data and comply with the law?
Time to get ombudsman involved?
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Please feel free to continue your quest, knowing I’m a Canadian Volunteer, who also happens to be a paralegal, and I am amused by your attitude and your sabre rattling.
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The Commonwealth Ombudsman safeguards the community in its dealings with Australian Government agencies. Complaints the Ombudsman can investigate.
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So you have no authority to make such a definitive statement for the company?
Please have someone with such authority explain your legal reasoning for ignoring your privacy data obligations.
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Laughing in the face of someone requesting their data be deleted is hardly professional or a good representation of the company. “It’s our data now, suck it” is a position that is hard to defend.
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