Hello everyone.

A while ago I got the message on both Facebook and Instagram to either consent to viewing targeted ads or paying the subscription fee. I did neither, and it soon went away. Since yesterday though, I got it again and have no access to any part of facebook, most importantly the accounts section of the settings from where I can delete my account.

How can I delete my account without consenting or paying the fee?

Thanks in advance

  • 420stalin69
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    9 months ago

    Make a GDPR complaint and hopefully Facebook get a huge fine

    • promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi
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      9 months ago

      I would like to but I have no idea what to write in it. Also, based on previous interaction with my DPO at the time of the reddit fiasco (and if I'm not mistaken as per the GDPR) I first have to attempt to contact the entity holding my data before filling in a complaint form. Furthermore as I have stated in another comment, I have completely lost faith in my country's DPO after having to go through them for reddit's non-compliance with the GDPR, and honestly believe they are just incompetent and don't fully understand the laws their entire position was created to defend.

  • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pub
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    9 months ago

    I wish you posted this when it happened, I mean the first pop up, I would have told you not to do that, and just delete them because you're not safe there..

    Facebook is like a dangerous neighborhood, or a war zone, you gotta have your screenshot app ready to capture at all times if you're there, that been said;

    I got the message on both Facebook and Instagram to either consent to viewing targeted ads or paying the subscription fee. I did neither, and it soon went away. Since yesterday though, I got it again and have no access to any part of facebook

    The Zuck loves this kind of behavior, it's by design, they give you a pop up to agree to some shit, but they don't make it mandatory, or they don't make it seem to be, and a hour, a day, a month later, they lock you off your account ( and data ), with the only option being to provide verification to get access to your stuff, and they'll make the verification process as painful as possible, and most importantly as humiliating as possible, what? Asking people to hold their real ID next to their face is dystopian to say the least... still even after you do that, they'll just say : verification failed and no matter what you do, you can't get access, so your pics and stuff are still there but you don't own them anymore

    so to get this into perspective, you pay us a fee, or you pay with your data ( which then we sell as a service ), if you say no ( like you did ), we take what you have given us so far ( and what we were able to get from you by spying on you ), and we go separate ways

    File a GDPR complaint, but first I would suggest to try to contact Meta's support by mail

    support@fb.com or platformcs@support.facebook.com

    Edit : many have tried to reach Meta support, it doesn't seem to be possible..

    • promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi
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      9 months ago

      Where can I find a good example of a GDPR compliant email to request any and all my data that they have, to request it to be deleted, and to delete my account?

      • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pub
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        9 months ago

        I'm afraid it's not that simple, there is no clear procedure on how to go about filing ( lodging ) a complaint, try to contact one of these DPOs found here :

        https://www.edps.europa.eu/data-protection/data-protection/glossary/d_en#data_protection_officer

        And here's how to go about it :

        https://noyb.eu/en/exercise-your-rights-article-77-complain-your-dpa