I am going to try and leave this world like I never existed. I have deleted my social media accounts that had my real name, and pictures. I have deleted all my dating accounts that had my picture. I deleted all of my google accounts that had my real name attached. I never have and never will take a dna test. I want to leave the world like it was before I existed.
I don’t care what happens to my data after I die. I have left many contributions on Reddit, and I’m building a healthy amount of interactions here. I also ran a successful game server a long time ago and stuff about it are still out there.
It’s about what I want for my image personally. Like, some people want statues and monuments dedicated to themselves. I want the opposite. Which is harder to achieve these days than you’d think.
America needs a right to be forgotten. Some places have this right, cognizable under the privacy aspect of free speech.
Related rights are the rights to be free of defamation and libel, of intrusion upon seclusion, of misappropriation of name or likeness, of portrayal in a false light, and of public disclosure of private affairs.
Another related right, not recognized in American law, is the right of your work not to be plagiarized.