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If they aren't actually deleting accounts then they are going to end up with a hefty fine under the GPDR one day...


Given that it's known that Facebook builds shadow profiles of non-users it seems hard to believe that they would give up the data of ex-users.

https://www.bustle.com/p/what-are-shadow-profiles-facebook-c...


"Oh yeah we deleted the account, you can't log in with that same email and password anymore so it's as good as gone!"


I am unfortunately not a EU citizen. But I would be very very very sad indeed if my data was not deleted.




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