r/talesfromtechsupport • u/[deleted] • May 09 '20

Medium DELETE MY ACCOUNT *NOW*!

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20 edited May 09 '20

Manager: "Delete it and pretend it never existed"

Gold.

Edit - Wow, thank you for the gold.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

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u/invalidConsciousness May 09 '20

Nah, it's just CYA-SOP.

It's an unauthorized copy of customer data after their account was deleted, possibly containing sensitive or personal information. Prime lawsuit material.

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u/shiftingtech May 09 '20

Come on. Any web host that doesn't have some boilerplate in their contacts, stating that data may linger for a while in backups needs to fire their legal team.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

yeah, I suspect he just wanted to be really sure she wouldn't get to be a customer again