is it legal or moral not to be allowed to delete an account?

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  bucurestimeditatiiengleza · Member · Jan 2, 2015 at 11:00 pm

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  delete account

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  timethief · Member · Jan 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm

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  It is legal. You entered a contract subject to the Terms of Service that apply to WordPress.COM in the context of the US contract law.

  That said read on please. Accounts cannot be deleted here http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/ but blogs can be deleted http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/ or made private.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  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.

  Here’s how to deactivate your account:

  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.html

  4. 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.