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Comment by amichal | Hacker News Reader

I used to be a happy linode customer. Commercial clients didn't want to use them since they didn't check the compliance checkboxes/certs. Akamai's rebranding claims all of these.

Just tried to signup for a "free account" to check it out. Painful 4 step onboarding: social sign in, phone verification via SMS, billing method verification, mailing address (that didnt like a trailing space in zipcode)

Final screen was a "we'll get back to you" with no other info.

30 minutes later

"Hello,

A recently created account with this email address was canceled by our automated systems. This was due to activity or patterns associated with fraudulent behavior. Additional attempts to sign up may also be rejected.

Linode"

From a noreply@

Only remotely sketch thing about my signup is i was doing it on a train while traveling far from home (no VPN)

Guess they don't want me to reevaluate then

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I canceled the signup progress with a bank because of a similar reason. Then I asked for deletion of my data. The customer service agreed and said that it will be deleted. However, they are still sending me newsletters. How should I trust this bank then? Guess I won't reevaluate, too.

World Remit kicked me out and canceled my transaction because I didn’t realize soon enough that Ally Bank now requires me to reply with yes to a text message every time I make a big transaction with my debit card.

World Remit has closed my account but still sends me marketing emails every three days.

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We're sorry to inform you that we've made the decision to cancel your transaction and close your account.

This means that we've cancelled your payment. In the majority of cases, it should appear in your account within 2-3 working days but it can take 7-21 days depending on your bank/card issuer.

There are a number of reasons we may need to close a customer’s account: we may have concerns over security or feel that there's been a breach of our terms and conditions. Sometimes, a customer simply has more than one account to their name.

We’re not legally able to tell you the exact reason for each closure, but we always aim to stay balanced, fair and safe when reviewing our transactions – so if you think we've made the wrong decision, we'd love for you to get in touch.

Please visit our help pages for more information.

Best Regards, WorldRemit Customer Service

In Europe this sounds like a multi-level GDPR violation:

1. not deleting the data when requested

2. using your email for something other than it's intended purpose (to authenticate with the service - not sending newsletters)

I assume you didn't specifically sign up for a newsletter. If I assume wrong, disregard 2.

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