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Add ability to make profiles private #6031

Closed kevin8181 closed 3 years ago

kevin8181 commented 3 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I do not want my info to be public

Describe the solution you'd like A checkbox in the account settings to make your profile private, ie. hidden on WCA search and not indexed by other search engines.

Describe alternatives you've considered A way to hide your name and other info from your profile

Jambrose777 commented 3 years ago

According to WCA's Privacy Statement a WCA member has a right to be forgotten. A member can invoke this right by contacting our Data Protection Officer; This can be done by reaching out through WCA's contact who will direct you with what information is needed to do so and forward the request to the correct party. Or, currently, by reaching out directly to the data protection committee, though this will change with the upcoming bylaws amendments. Considering this process is not straightforward a committee has to process such requests, so a simple button click will not be feasible. However, I agree that the access to make such a request should be more accessible and something WCA will look into (ie. when pursuing #3281)

kevin8181 commented 3 years ago

I just meant a way to hide the profile from the public, not delete the information entirely. It's a standard feature on other platforms to be able to make your profile private and still use the service.

c-goodyear commented 3 years ago

Hi Kevin. Yes this is a standard feature on some social media platforms. However, the WCA is not a social media platform. We are recognizing results from competitions. If you have an example of a sporting body that has the feature you are advocating for, please share a link to their site.

saranshgrover commented 3 years ago

I think there is not much more to be said - we support anonymizing profiles, and we don't intend to add "public/private" profiles, so I'm closing this issue.