Re: My personal data in bug=956811, Message #51

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 12:54:20AM +0100, Riccardo Gagliarducci wrote:
> I accidentally have sent an email from my work email to to bug report here:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=956811
> 
> ...with all my personal data!
> 
> 
> Is there a way to remove it?
> 
> Thank you very much,
> Riccardo
> 

Unfortunately, no. We don't normally remove bug reports until they are dealt
with. In general, there is no way to remove email from Debian lists - they
are archived and mirrored in various places on the 'Net - Google will 
probably cache them somewhere. In general - once any data is out there on the
Internet, it cannot reliably be deleted.

A larger problem is that raising the issue draws wider attention to it. This
is sometimes called the "Streisand effect"  see also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

> 
> ps. in alioth-lists.debian.net has already been deleted!
> 

All the very best, as ever,

Andrew Cater