* There's slightly more of a chance they'll actually delete my data
* If they don't, I'll be entitled to be a part of any class-action.
I had deleted (not deactivated) my account ~4 months ago and they were supposed to delete everything after 14 days but I have a feeling they didn't.
Most eu Nations don't have anything like a class action suit...
I am absolutely shocked to discover that Facebook doesn't have a class action waiver in their terms.
Currently I haven't done anything in response to it. I don't want my account but it's not clear what happens should I not accept. Does my account get deleted, or does it just get put in purgatory? Should I login and just delete after the 25th?
I don't know if it is the official term but your ghost is all the data Facebook has about you that doesn't come from you. For example, friends can talk about you and even tag you even if you never touched Facebook. It means that if you are the only one within your group of friends not using Facebook, they already know pretty much everything they need to know.
If you delete your account, unless all your friends do the same, your ghost won't disappear, and it can be easily reconnected if you create a new account.
It is not the official term, because Zuck is shocked—shocked!—at the term:
> Lujan: So these are called shadow profiles, is that what they’ve been referred to by some?
> Zuckerberg: Congressman, I’m not, I’m not familiar with that.
(https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/11/facebook-shadow-profiles-h...).
(OK, I realised just after posting that you said 'ghost profile', not 'shadow profile'. Anyway, my snarky point stands that there is no official term for this, because it doesn't officially exist.)
If you actually delete your account you won't be able to reactivate it. There is an option to deactivate it but then all of your personal data is preserved anyway.