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A few days ago I sent a GDPR request to some company to delete my personal data. They said to install their app and send a ticket from the app. The email was sent from the email address to which the account is registered. Is this even legal?

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[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 105 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Man, Elon really does ruin everything. Can't even use X as a variable anymore without a disclaimer.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's causing hell of problems to mathematicians worldwide.

[–] AMillionNames@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

They are left asking Y.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

Suddenly, every math formula ever written is subject to copyright and royalties.

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago

Fuck that, I refuse to give him the letter. He can pry it from my cold dead hands as he chokes on my liver!

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

How about using a programmer style variables like badCompanyName. You don’t have to be a mathematician. Sure, I can totally appreciate concise names, but some times you have to use longer names to avoid collisions.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

I prefer [insertconpanynamehere] but in this case name and shame almost seems more appropriate.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 2 points 10 months ago

Csmel case isn't POSIX complaint. Underscores ftw /s

[–] Daaric@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

An X is an X, the social network shall be known as X, formerly Twitter /J

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"As you can see on this graph, the Twitter axis represents time, and the Y axis represents total number of unique visitors"