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Message 1955424 - Posted: 14 Sep 2018, 23:09:02 UTC

In light of the GDPR how does one delete their SETI/BOINC account and stored information? I have had two requests. Other BOINC projects?
There was talk about a delete option I can not find it.
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Message 1955468 - Posted: 15 Sep 2018, 4:16:34 UTC
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BOINC (website) has an option to delete your account next to the change password link. Einstein has one at the bottom right corner of the Account -> Credentials page. I couldn’t see one for Seti though.
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Message 1955512 - Posted: 15 Sep 2018, 14:04:08 UTC - in response to Message 1955468.  

thanks the requests were for SETI.
So it looks like they have to go to each project and BOINC.
I know some of the third party stats sites were working on it as well.
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Message 1959837 - Posted: 12 Oct 2018, 5:47:46 UTC

I've asked the admin here, he answered:
Eric Korpela wrote:
Primarily it's a question of my bandwidth to verify it before it is made active. We have a bit more intertwined a database than the BOINC forums do, and I haven't verified code that was actually written won't don't bad things.


Before someone brings up fines etc.
Eric Korpela wrote:
The University of California has no business locations in Europe. Legal opinion here is that the EU wouldn't be able to (and would be unwise to attempt to) enforce their law on a US entity without locations in Europe.

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Message 1964826 - Posted: 12 Nov 2018, 16:22:41 UTC - in response to Message 1959693.  

Hello,
Has there been any development concerning how to make the SETI@home project compliant with the "Right to erasure" described in Art. 17 of the GDPR?
Because someone should have really figured this out by now...


There is now a how-to "delete account" announcement on the main Seti website page.
It looks like it is Seti specific.

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