Deleting Personal Data from Private Institutions?

Posted by Cliff on Saturday January 20, 2007 @05:45AM from the static-on-your-digital-paper-trail dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "This site has many readers who are familiar with the liabilities of personal data being stored on servers owned by private institutions. Bank records, phone records, credit records, flight records, basically any type of digital transaction can be (and likely are) stored indefinitely for whatever reason. Are there processes by which one can request a removal of personal data, or by signing contracts with these companies, do they own the rights to the information? If you have attempted such an erasure, have you encountered resistance?"

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Sounds easy enough to me... by zappepcs · 2007-01-20 05:53 · Score: 4, Funny

Just file for copyright of all personal information pertaining to yourself, and when a problem arises, simply file a DMCA violation complaint against them.

HAHA that would totally fsck up the SarBox rules :)

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1. Re:Sounds easy enough to me... by SEWilco · 2007-01-20 16:58 · Score: 2, Funny
  
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