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<p dir="auto">As I understand (see <a href="https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/your-right-to-get-your-data-deleted/" rel="nofollow">https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/your-right-to-get-your-data-deleted/</a> <a href="https://gdpr.eu/right-to-be-forgotten/" rel="nofollow">https://gdpr.eu/right-to-be-forgotten/</a> <a href="https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/individuals/know-your-rights/right-erasure-articles-17-19-gdpr" rel="nofollow">https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/individuals/know-your-rights/right-erasure-articles-17-19-gdpr</a> ) there is no universal method/rule.</p>
<p dir="auto">We are - as far as I know, I am not a lawyer etc - not obligated to provide self-deletion button at all. We can also provide it allowing deletion at will (used primarily by vandals nowadays). We could also provide one that works only on odd-numbered days. Or only for people who have not edited for a long time.</p>
<p dir="auto">Account-self deletion seems to exist to cut down on manually processed requests arriving via weird methods and exists for convenience ours and legitimate users.</p>
<p dir="auto">Main risk is that we could start getting more paper/mail based account deletion requests, but this seems better and less taxing than rampant abuse by vandals.</p>
<p dir="auto">Warning: I am not a lawyer, this is not official statement of anyone.</p>
<p dir="auto">BTW, <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="1081287173" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/3398" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/3398/hovercard?comment_id=995018261&comment_type=issue_comment" href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/3398#issuecomment-995018261">#3398 (comment)</a> has</p>
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<p dir="auto">Did you by chance implement some grace period of 14 days, for people who regret their decision after a few days?</p>
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<p dir="auto">I'd forgotten about that idea of a grace period! It's something that I could add though.</p>
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