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I was recently tricked by an admin into getting booted off a forum of his where I had been active for years.

This happened in a thread (my last) where this admin claims a number of things that are at best a distorted truth, and thus harmful.

I registered under an alias that is comprised of my initials, and is thus identifying information. As far as I've been able to see almost all of my posts now appear as written by "Anonymous", which may be a sufficient change under the GDPR (if I read for instance Can i request a religious forum to delete my posts for GDPR compliance? correctly).

But that last thread still shows my posts under my initials. Am I right that this is a violation?

The forum uses phpbb, which I think means that my username could be anonymised programatically in all posts where it is used, do I have a legal right to insist that be done?

EDIT: I've already pieced together that there is (sadly) not enough legal ground on which to request the deletion of all my posts, so this question is not about that.

RJVB
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You seem to assume that the 'right to be forgotten' is absolute, but it is not.

Under GDPR, the data controller needs a legal reason to retain personally identifying information on you. Your consent is just one possible reason, and revoking that consent removes that reason.

If you check that link, you can see that it is complicated, and if you want to take legal action on your specific case, you probably need a lawyer.

o.m.
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