LinkedIn locks your GDPR rights behind a paywall
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Report to your local MEP
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I just invoked my GDPR right to delete/close my account: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1379064/ and got this result:
So at least this still works.
So this means I should poison all my data before deleting it? Is there a script for that?
There were a few sites that would run scripts for you during Rexxit. The one I used would poison your data at random times over a few days to be sure of infecting backups. The last round was a deliberate violation of the TOS and offensive enough to force them to remove it immediately. Worked like a charm, as I recall.
Ffs, the 22 points manifesto from billionaire Peter Thiel openly calls for including big tech into the US's defensive/imperial apparatus. This means we need expect big tech and all the possible digital media/propaganda tools to turn on us at any time. Remember, Trump's new NDS wants the EU in a submissive and subjugated position, so if we let them (or big tech) turn us into powerless vassals, they will take that chance immediately. It only takes a moment of weakness on our side. And they are already testing the waters.
So how about we set an example by swiftly denying market access to non-complicit companies who pull off BS like this? Maybe it doesnt need more than a single, powerful signal as a deterrance. Honest question, what could go wrong? I fail to see any immediate negative consequence.
Jeep doing and getting more people to do together in the EU and internationally with other people! Together anything is possible!
I usually don't remember about having an account there, but every time someone reminds me (like right now) I wonder whether I should delete it. The problem (?) is that I'm an IT professional and LinkedIn was supposed to be a job search venue (I never used it in 20 or so years, I only got spammed by recruiters whom I either declined or ignored them (you know, the reverse Tinder meme)). But I still have "connections" there and a few recommendations, and there's that thought lingering in my head, that MAYBE SOMEDAY I may need one of those connections as a foothold or a bonus point when applying for a job. I don't know. There are several other IT job boards which all seem like a better solution than LinkedIn.
Had an account there -- briefly -- 10? years ago. Deleted it as soon as I noticed my employer's personnel office activity and posting non-existent "jobs." Realized that LinkedIn is only useful as a data harvester and HR honeypot.
lol