It isn't really feasible for a service like this, but it would be interesting to know what each of these sites do with your data once your account is deleted. Facebook has recently come under fire for their ghost profiles and I can't imagine they are the only company that keeps data on people who aren't official users.
Quora gives me a link to "deactivate" my account but wants me to write a mail to privacy@quora.com for "deleting" my account. Others have reported that the requests sent to this email address are not fulfilled, neither are the mails even replied to.<p>I want to know the names of assholes in charge of this company so that I can avoid ever working with them.
Add all the dating websites as well, they are notorious to not providing an option to delete your account. Here is the list that I complied in my blog, I posted on hacker news yesterday <a href="http://nishant.posthaven.com/why-i-cant-delete-my-dating-account" rel="nofollow">http://nishant.posthaven.com/why-i-cant-delete-my-dating-acc...</a><p>eharmony -> only cancel membership<p>match -> only cancel membership<p>coffee meet bagel -> only cancel membership<p>truffle -> delete accounts<p>okcupid -> will delete account
Why do people expect data about themselves to magically disappear from the Internet? One should always assume that everything you communicate online (explicitly or not) has the potential to exist forever.
>Skype: Contact customer services. You’ll need to know 5 contacts from your contacts list, the month you created your account, and your signup email address.<p>Why do I get the feeling asking Skype to cancel your account immediately puts you into a special watchlist?
Here's a screenshot, the server seems to be overloaded.<p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/1e5XzWc.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/1e5XzWc.png</a>
Topsy appears to offer a data deletion service at accountremoval@topsy.com. Try asking them to delete their online archive of a defunct G+ account. (Defunct means that the G+ account and its content is deleted.) The service autoresponds to your email entreaty, but nothing is deleted. I have been emailing them for two weeks. The reply is the same:<p><pre><code> Re: Please delete my G+ content. I have deleted my G+ account
Topsy Support | AUG 18, 2013 | 09:22PM UTC
Thank you for submitting your request. We have received
your request and are working on responding to you as
soon as possible. If you have any additional information
to add to this case, please reply to this email.</code></pre>
One sentence here is curious:<p>> JustDelete.Me is a directory of urls to delete your account from web services. (Yes, I am aware how terrible that description is. If you’ve got a better one, let me know).<p>Sounds like a fine description to me. (It's <i>certainly</i> better than average. I find the descriptions of about half of the "take a look at this site" posts on HN to be incomprehensible; it's nice to be able to read a post like this and immediately know what it is talking about.)<p>So, is something wrong with this description? If so, can anyone tell me what the problem is?
I wish to see a similar site made for changing passwords.<p>One use case is when the password storage is compromised but also helps when you grow more paranoid over time and need to rotate and max out the passwords.
Given that netflix offers 1 month free subscription, I kinda get why they won't delete accounts completely. Else people could just sign up, delete and sign up again for free netflix.
We're doing everything we can to keep the site up. As said below, the direct link to the site is <a href="http://justdelete.me" rel="nofollow">http://justdelete.me</a>
@rmlewisuk Are you OK with us including this data and a link back to your site in our web app directory at <a href="https://starthq.com" rel="nofollow">https://starthq.com</a>?<p>Edit: Also, you should try to collaborate with the TOSDR guys, they have a pretty active IRC channel: #tosdr on Freenode.
What's concerning about companies that don't delete user info is that they don't consider it a liability, or don't believe they can be hacked. If people tell you to delete their PII and you don't, then lose it, isn't that a lawsuit waiting to happen?
> JustDelete.Me is a directory of urls to delete your account from web services. (Yes, I am aware how terrible that description is. If you’ve got a better one, let me know).<p>How about a variation of "Helping you delete your web accounts"
Can't wait for that EU data protection law to come in that will require services to have a delete option. Self-regulation, as this list shows, isn't working.
I find it extremely frustrating that services like Gravatar and forums didn't inform me that I won't be able to wipe clean my account. It is not acceptable.
Next step: form letters that make a formal request for the deletion of all information related to you.<p>Won't work either but, like this, it's a nice start.