Deleting Facebook might not be as easy as you think

If you are like me, you would assume that profile pages can be destroyed as easily as they are created. However, the ICO has found that Facbook pages in the UK are particularly difficult to delete and require users to remove each individual wall post. This could be potentially thousands of wall posts for many users. The interesting question is how do we alert users to the problems with deleting their profile pages? The possibility of a banner saying ' we store your information indefinitely' seems a little much. Although I agree with the direction of the argument. Please don't anybody say we need to educate people more. I'm not entirely sure this is always the answer. What we need to do is make the technology easier to use. But, Facebook is certainly under no pressure to do this.


Check out this article on the unofficial facebook blog to read more.