Comments on: Get MAD at Your Digital Debris http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/06/10/get-mad-at-your-digital-debris/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:01:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Suze http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/06/10/get-mad-at-your-digital-debris/comment-page-1/#comment-69186 Suze Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:59:41 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=3493#comment-69186 Just when I think I'm being cautious enough, you catch me snoozing. I had resisted doing the email search for almost a year, then tried it a few weeks ago. I look forward to you letting us all know when MAD becomes reality. Just when I think I’m being cautious enough, you catch me snoozing. I had resisted doing the email search for almost a year, then tried it a few weeks ago. I look forward to you letting us all know when MAD becomes reality.

]]> By: brydon http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/06/10/get-mad-at-your-digital-debris/comment-page-1/#comment-69135 brydon Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:36:59 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=3493#comment-69135 It would be great but unfortunately we all know facebook and others aren't actually deleting anything when you delete your account. They're simply removing public access to your data. I think the real solution would be some entity, BBB?, that allows these services to certify with. They can achieve some certificate that says "we truly delete your personal data when you ask us to". Beyond some trust worthy, third party doing this, there's no guarantees anything is really deleted. In fact it's safe to assume just the opposite. It would be great but unfortunately we all know facebook and others aren’t actually deleting anything when you delete your account. They’re simply removing public access to your data.

I think the real solution would be some entity, BBB?, that allows these services to certify with. They can achieve some certificate that says “we truly delete your personal data when you ask us to”. Beyond some trust worthy, third party doing this, there’s no guarantees anything is really deleted. In fact it’s safe to assume just the opposite.

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