As far as I can tell from a tracerout, the server for this forum is located in the US.
Under US privacy laws, a user has the right to have his / her account and all private information deleted if he / she requests that - no questions asked.
Posts in internet forums are not covered by this, but the user has the right to get his/her posts disassociated from his/her account.
Laura could therefore simply rename the user account to "deleted user", delete all other information from the account (e. g. age, location, whatever was asked at the time of registering the account - and that should suffice.

    curious Laura could therefore simply rename the user account to "deleted user"

    Or to "martian troll" if it works for him 😂

      curious Under US privacy laws, a user has the right to have his / her account and all private information deleted if he / she requests that - no questions asked.

      This has got to be BS. You're telling us criminals could demand to have the audit trail of their activities deleted and the holders of the info must comply?

          BikelockFugitive I kinda want to leave this forum for good.

          And you want everyone to know. Which is why you don't do what I suggested.

            Laura Technically removing identifying information is enough. I am simply not using this forum a lot anymore lately as I am rather busy with other projects (And cause @Ines dose a good job with shutting down abusive parents, thanks!) . I am simply worried that, due to the nature of this forum, there might be eventual data breaches. And I wouldn't want to appear on any list.

            Also while I am very happy about how you handle chastity with minors I kinda feel uncomfortable that there are still discussions detailing the use of CBs on minors and I am worried that they still violate local laws on child pornography, as even written content is included in it.

            Its mostly the latter which kinda worries me, I would feel safer if such discussions would uh be archived for good.

                Avery
                As long as there is no order issued to keep these data by law enforcement / judge, you have a right to get your data deleted from a computer system (unless there are laws that require the archiving if certain Information, e.g. bank transactions, medical records, etc). To my knowledge no such laws exist about user accounts in internet forums, so the right to have your account deleted prevails.

                    BikelockFugitive Still don't understand what you want me to do? Go through your posts and "remove identifying information"? Please do it yourself. Change your username? Tell me right one

                        curious you have a right to get your data deleted

                        And where is this right codified, articulated, etc.? Currently only seven states have related laws and even California's (California Consumer Privacy Act) doesn't require data be deleted from backup copies).

                        curious so the right to have your account deleted prevails.

                        "The right"?? According to what authority?

                              Laura That would be optimal, that also would not require for the account to be deleted. I can come back in the future when I have more time then!

                                  BikelockFugitive I can come back in the future when I have more time then!

                                  Which you could have done 9 hours ago when I suggested it. But this way you got a chance to make a fuss.

                                      Avery
                                      You clearly lack any technical or legal understanding, your entire existence right now is limited to bitching around.
                                      Every suggestion or comment you made missed the point by about a mile, so do me the favor and kindly fuck off.

                                      I wish to have the IP changed in the logs to prevent, in case of a databreach, to get a knock on my door. From now on I could just use a proxy chain, problem solved. Couldn't do that before since I obviously don't have access to the logs or DB.

                                      https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rights-citizens/my-rights/can-i-ask-company-delete-my-personal-data_en#:~:text=References-,Answer,data%20has%20been%20used%20unlawfully.
                                      Also read up.

                                          BikelockFugitive so do me the favor and kindly fuck off.

                                          You've made it very unlikely that I will do you a favor.

                                          BikelockFugitive Also read up.

                                          I do not know or care what the commission europa says.

                                          Allow me to suggest you grow up. You're going to have difficulty getting through life with your current attitude.

                                          "Nuff out of me on this thread. You may have the last word, which you probably would have even if I hadn't given you the OK.

                                              curious Which US privacy laws?

                                              There are some state laws in this area. That might give users some rights.

                                              The EU has the GDPR.

                                              But since when the US (as in the federal polity) has laws that grants users such rights?

                                                Guys, please.
                                                No reason to start insulting each other.

                                                The problem clearly is related to what laws do apply to a website. This website seems to be hosted in the US, so it appears like US law would apply. But when you open up your website to international traffic, you might be held accountable for what is happening on your site based on whatever country the visitor came from
                                                Example: Facebook (Meta Corp.) is held accountable for data privacy breaches under EU laws, even though the company is located in the US.
                                                I am pretty sure there is no law (neither in the EU nor in the US) that requires a website owner to keep a copy of all user accounts and posts (including meta data like IP adresses) unless this has been ordered specifically by law enforcement authorities. So the smart way forward for the admin would be to just delete everything as requested, rather than trying to get into a legal battle about what can or can not be kept. Just not worth it.

                                                Avery
                                                I am a doctor, not a lawyer, but if I was trying to get this enforced, I would argue that I own the right to whatever I have written, because it is my intellectual property. And when I posted it on this website, I have given implicit consent for my intellectual property to be displayed here. Now I revoke that consent and threaten to sue the website owner for copyright infringements, if my posts are not deleted.
                                                I might or might not win, but considering that each party in the US has to pay for their own legal council, simply deleting the account and all related posts is clearly the smarter option from the position of the site owner.