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Facebook Ordered To Explain Deleted Profile (bbc.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BBC: Facebook has been ordered by a UK high court judge to reveal who told it to delete the profile of a jazz musician and his band, six months after he died. The Times reports that the firm said it had acted on a request but had declined to reveal to the family who had instructed it. Mirza Krupalija's partner Azra Sabados says she is certain that it was not a family member or friend. She said losing his posts and messages felt like losing him "a second time." Mr Krupalija, who lived in Sarajevo, suffered a fatal heart attack just after his 57th birthday in 2016. Ms Sabados said she spent a year talking to Facebook before pursuing legal action.
Ms Sabados' lawyer Greg Callus from the law firm 5BR confirmed to the BBC that Facebook is now required to provide the details under what is legally known as a Norwich Pharmacal Order -- where Facebook is innocent but may have information about a third party who could be involved in wrongdoing. The firm will have 21 days to respond.
Ms Sabados' lawyer Greg Callus from the law firm 5BR confirmed to the BBC that Facebook is now required to provide the details under what is legally known as a Norwich Pharmacal Order -- where Facebook is innocent but may have information about a third party who could be involved in wrongdoing. The firm will have 21 days to respond.
Can it, shill.
Most organisation require a copy of the death certificate before taking any action.
So, either facebook could require a copy of the death certificate, or facebook could simply do absolutely nothing, and tell the next-of-kin to simply reset the password suing the associated email account. Oh, you don't have access to the associated email account? Show the death certificate to the email provider - not facebook's problem.
Actually, they just want to know what happened. Who requested the deletion and why. Facebook should be able to answer that. For some reason they don't want to.
Yeah but Facebook is like an emergency service for so many people. It needs to be regulated like 911 and hospitals!
No, People need to be trained that Facebook has no obligation to host their content. And doubly none once they're dead. It's a free service; you get what you pay for. Want to publish content? Pay for hosting somewhere.
Even before the GDPR it would have been illegal to do so. I have told the police several times "no" when they requested info.
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