Staff closes accounts on requests only for EU citizens; iirc it's because of GDPR. I mean if you really want to restart you can just post on forums "haha i made this account when i was 12" or something, staff locks for that.
SA (also OP) I did also realize something else. I registered when I was 13, back when that was the minimum age for everyone in the EU. Then back in 2018 or something, the age got upped, 16 where I live. I was 15 for 4 more months during that time and didn't say anything because I didn't want to lose all my progress. I guess that is similar to having made an account at 12?
I have some artwork that I need to finish for other people first either way.
Not entirely related to this conversation but I've always wondered what happens to accounts in situations like this where the country ups the minimum age when someone who was compliant with the previous age but not the new age or if someone travels to a country where they're underage for social media where they're over the minimum age for their home country. Regardless, I don't think using the GDPR is the right call in this situation. Most bans staff gives don't involve nuking the account, but it might be different with the GDPR since they need to wipe your data. Make an alt, do a bunch of one-sided, suspicious trades with it and self report. You could also ask the people here to report it once you do that. That's the quickest and least harmful way I know of.
SA sorry didn't read the full original post. You might be SOL if you want to avoid rule breaking. You could send in a ticket and ask what exercising the GDPR would do to your account.
fairly sure that for what you want, the GDPR request you'd need to submit would result in your account being deleted, because nearly all of the architecture that makes your account (including username, email, DOB) is tied to personal data FR needs to keep your account active. removing any of that data which GDPR exists to protect would require FR to delete your account.
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Re: I wish I could start over
(Anonymous) 2024-12-26 10:53 am (UTC)(link)Re: I wish I could start over
(Anonymous) 2024-12-29 04:28 am (UTC)(link)Re: I wish I could start over
(Anonymous) 2024-12-29 04:39 am (UTC)(link)I did also realize something else. I registered when I was 13, back when that was the minimum age for everyone in the EU. Then back in 2018 or something, the age got upped, 16 where I live. I was 15 for 4 more months during that time and didn't say anything because I didn't want to lose all my progress. I guess that is similar to having made an account at 12?
I have some artwork that I need to finish for other people first either way.
Re: I wish I could start over
(Anonymous) 2024-12-29 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)Regardless, I don't think using the GDPR is the right call in this situation. Most bans staff gives don't involve nuking the account, but it might be different with the GDPR since they need to wipe your data. Make an alt, do a bunch of one-sided, suspicious trades with it and self report. You could also ask the people here to report it once you do that. That's the quickest and least harmful way I know of.
Re: I wish I could start over
(Anonymous) 2024-12-29 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)sorry didn't read the full original post. You might be SOL if you want to avoid rule breaking. You could send in a ticket and ask what exercising the GDPR would do to your account.
Re: I wish I could start over
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