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I sent a data deletion request (based on GDPR) to a company and they also replied, but they want an ID-Verification. What they can legally request to proof that I’m the actual owner of the account and/or I’m citizen of the EU.
Now here comes my problem: They want me to do this via an third party verificatior and after I read their privacy policy (from the third party), I saw “a few” red flags. So I don’t want to do it via the third party. And I think that it is more “dangerous” to carry out the check via a third party than to leave the data there.
In addition I have the right (at least in my country), to censor everything out of the id that is not necessary. What would be in an auto. process not really possible.
Now here comes my question: What should I do, if they decide to not delete my data without the id-verification with the third party? I would do the verification directly with the company via e-mail, but not with the third party. And I have the feeling that the support will not decide this and just send me a standardized answer, where they say I need to verify my id via the third party.
2.
How to switch from WA to Signal? So my family and I all have Signal installed and are registered. My father is tech savvy and he also knows about the tracking and privacy stuff, but he has the altitude to say it doesn’t matter what he or we use at the end. My mother isn’t so tech savvy, but through my general interests in tech and privacy she also got a few impressions about privacy.
How should I try to approach my family to switch to signal, for the communication between us.