Matt BurgessFeb 9, 2023

I know there is a lot going on at Twitter right now, but here's one more thing. Twitter is ignoring #GDPR requests from people to delete their DMs.

At the moment, when you press delete on a Twitter DM (an individual message or conversation) the DM isn't actually deleted from Twitter's servers, just your inbox view.

So people in Europe have been making requests for Twitter to blitz all their messages. It hasn't properly answered them. And now regulators are looking at it

Full story here: https://www.wired.com/story/delete-twitter-dms-gdpr/

#Twitter #gdpr #infosec #technology #news #wired

Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That

People in Europe are making GDPR requests to have their private messages erased, but Elon’s team is ignoring them.

WIRED
Show threadLilian EdwardsFeb 10, 2023
@mattburgess have you researched OpenAI n this? T and C say when you delete your account, data associated with it is also deleted but no more details. Strong suspicion here they simply mesn outputs ( eg images created)
Show threadMatt Burgess
@lilianedwards I haven’t looked at OpenAI in this way, but just read this and starting to think I should https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/chatgpt-is-a-data-privacy-nightmare-and-you-ought-to-be-concerned/
ChatGPT is a data privacy nightmare, and we ought to be concerned

ChatGPT's extensive language model is fueled by our personal data.

Ars Technica
Feb 11, 2023 at 2:19pmWeb