Hello,
I had been posting to a private forum (guests may register and view only a select few portions of the forum) and would like to know if I have the right to demand that all posts authored by me be removed. Are there any laws that support this? What was shared was mostly of a very personal nature, things of my life history, inner experiences, etc. I was a member of this forum some years ago and having returned to it again, this year, I found that many posts from my past association still existed on the site. Those that remained were selectively allowed to do so, as if the forum owner felt they served as a teaching/learning point for others. I was astonished to see they were still there and it felt incriminating to me, given later comments made by the forum owner about some of these posts. Things shared were of the nature one would share with their psychologist, who would not violate a patient's rights by divulging that information to another. Have I any legal recourse to demand that my posts be removed from the forum?
I had been posting to a private forum (guests may register and view only a select few portions of the forum) and would like to know if I have the right to demand that all posts authored by me be removed. Are there any laws that support this? What was shared was mostly of a very personal nature, things of my life history, inner experiences, etc. I was a member of this forum some years ago and having returned to it again, this year, I found that many posts from my past association still existed on the site. Those that remained were selectively allowed to do so, as if the forum owner felt they served as a teaching/learning point for others. I was astonished to see they were still there and it felt incriminating to me, given later comments made by the forum owner about some of these posts. Things shared were of the nature one would share with their psychologist, who would not violate a patient's rights by divulging that information to another. Have I any legal recourse to demand that my posts be removed from the forum?