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This is the relevant post.[1] This is pretty clear in my view. I have never seen a follow-up (but maybe I missed it). Note how that post mentions full data deletion.
Yeah I definitely missed that post. Even though GDPR doesn't apply to pushshift, if he wanted to abide by it anyway, it still only applies to PII, not random reddit comments.
Also, so now you agree he did say he would delete data in cases of PII.
Your often repeated claim is that he won't.
You claimed: "That was the previous policy. Let's say your real name and address was revealed on Reddit for whatever reason, it stayed in their downloads and torrents"
You explicitly spelled out PII type information, and said it was not their policy to remove it. That is contrary to multiple sources, including where you just admitted he said as much above.
Again, random reddit comments are not PII.
This says it would be part of the removal request portal, not be a separate one. Which, yeah, hasn't been done yet.
So when was PII ever deleted? Did this also include a deletion in the data dumps? It is rich that you say I am making a false statement when you only rely on their communication.
PII removals would be confidential. It defeats the purpose, otherwise. How would I, or anyone but someone requesting it know?
Besides, you claimed Pushshifts *policy* was to never delete PII. So yes, it was a false statement. No matter how many times you disingenuously misrepresent my position, or move the goal posts. So again, why do you keep spreading the lie that pushshift *policy* was to not delete PII?
The online form didn't make it clear that the data was not deleted and you had to go through some comment to find out what they really do. And if you found that and subsequently went to contact them, they don't even reply with a "No".
Age, location, place of living, place of work, profession, policital affiliation. Not all in one place, but connected (and retrievable) by my user handle which itself is PII according to GDPR.
Questionable.
You opened with a statement about them not removing obvious PII(name, address) where your actual request contains vague information that may or may not identify you. No, I don't want to know exactly what you posted to make that determination.
And he would only need to delete those specific comments.
It's not just communication, it's many announcements and broken promises. Seriously, would you like those guys to manage sensitive data about you?
This was one guy's personal hobby, not some corporation with teams of programmers. It has only been a few months since he passed it in to a research group.
And you're asking the wrong question. Your question should be "do you trust every random stranger with internet access to manage sensitive data about you that you broadcast in public?" I trust this guy more than anyone outside of reddit because I know what he's doing with it. There are countless people out there doing things you have no clue about with any sensitive data about you, that you may have posted here.
And as for me about liking any random stranger on the internet to manage any sensitive data I put on reddit? No. Which is why I never put it out there in the first place.
There's nothing here!