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The Wikimedia Commons Android app allows users to upload pictures from their Android phone/tablet to Wikimedia Commons
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New Google Play policy about account deletion #5202

Open nicolas-raoul opened 1 year ago

nicolas-raoul commented 1 year ago

"For apps that enable app account creation, developers will soon need to provide an option to initiate account and data deletion from within the app and online."

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/04/giving-people-more-control-over-their-data.html

How does this affect the Commons Android app?

By the way, the Wikipedia app has an account creation feature so the easiest is probably just to follow what they do: Screenshot_20230406-221612

shankarpriyank commented 1 year ago

I am not sure if this feature is already present, but according to the new policy the app must provide users an option to delete their account, which is present outside of the app(most probably through a webpage)

whym commented 1 year ago

Cross linking https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334208

I wonder if the existing community processes for vanishing is enough, or it would require changing those processes. Meta page on the right to vanish seems to say you can change your account name to make it difficult for others to stalk you (and start as a new user, if you want), but not completely delete your account.

nicolas-raoul commented 8 months ago

Any volunteer to check whether the Wikipedia app's latest source code has anything related to account or data deletion?

I just ran and checked the Wikipedia Beta app and could not find anything in the native UI. I could also not find any easy way to reach the Wiki pages related to data deletion. But on the Google Play page I found You can request that data be deleted:

Screenshot_20231226-082705.png

RitikaPahwa4444 commented 8 months ago

Is "You can request that data be deleted" related to "have questions about your personal data or would like to request to access, update, or delete it, you may contact our representative via email at..." on the Privacy Policy page (accessible via Settings > Privacy Policy in the app)? Some pages or their history can also be deleted (again accessible from within the Privacy Policy), but I couldn't find an option to delete user accounts on the Wikipedia app. I did skim through the source code, but I'm still looking for something that completely deletes data or accounts.

sivaraam commented 8 months ago

I too managed to find only the privacy policy as the only relevant place where some kind of information about deletion is available.

Is "You can request that data be deleted" related to "have questions about your personal data or would like to request to access, update, or delete it, you may contact our representative via email at...

The portion about contacting the representative only applies for people who live in UK and EU, if I read the policy correctly.

Some pages or their history can also be deleted (again accessible from within the Privacy Policy), but I couldn't find an option to delete user accounts on the Wikipedia app. I did skim through the source code, but I'm still looking for something that completely deletes data or accounts.

Thanks for checking :-)

Do let us know if you find anything interesting.