Right to Erasure

The ​European GDPR law provides for a "Right to Erasure". An interpretation of this law is that it gives users the right to have all of their data stored in an electronic system deleted from that system if they request it. This proposal exists as an attempt to satisfy that requirement of the GDPR law.

User Experience

The BOINC website will provide a new page that allows a user to start the process of deleting their account. The link to this page will be found on home.php under Your account -> Account information -> Change -> delete account.

Once the user visits this new page, they will be presented with text that states:

You have the ability to delete your account and all related data.  Please note that this cannot be undone once it is completed.  The process works as follows:

- Enter in your password below and click on the “Delete my Account” button
- You will receive an email which contains a link.  Please click on that link.
- On the page displayed, you will need to re-enter your password and then click “Delete my Account”

At this point all information about your account will be immediately deleted.”