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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 80895 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/80895

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: launchpad
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Launchpad should allow reply editing and/or removal by user (without
  administrative intervention) for various reasons

Status in Launchpad itself:
  Confirmed
Status in Launchpad integration library:
  New
Status in “launchpad-integration” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I can edit the question but I can't edit the answer. Why you can edit
  the question and not the answers or replies?

  What if I'm doing e-shopping having also
  https://answers.launchpad.net/ open. I'm copying and pasting my credit
  card number in the e-shop form, then suddenly my cat jump on my
  keyboard and the my credit card number is pasted in a
  answers.launchpad.net and the form is submmitted?

  What if I'm reporting a long log file excerpt with personal
  informations (like MAC addresses or passwords) and after removing
  almost all sensible informations and submitting the reply I realized
  that I missed the remove a single important personal information?

  Websites like stackoverflow.com allow you delete a reply for any
  reason without delay. Other sites wait some minutes before copying
  replies across the network (through mails) for decrease the
  information leak in case that the user changed his/her mind and decide
  to remove his/her post.

  Some jurisdiction like the Italian law about privacy says that the
  holder of personal data should be able to obtain the removal of any
  personal data without any unjustified delay (Dlgs 196/2003 Art. 7 and
  Art.8) http://www.camera.it/parlam/leggi/deleghe/Testi/03196dl.htm

  The law speaks about the removal of any data which is personal, not
  only data *too* personal.

  Maybe this something that it's true to all the EU. I'm not a lawyer. 
  From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_privacy_law :
  ----begin-of-wikipedia-excerpt----
  The European Directive on Protection of Personal Data, released on July 25, 1995 was an attempt to unify the laws on data protection within the European Community. As a result, customers of international organizations such as Amazon and eBay in the EU have the ability to review and delete information, while Americans do not.
  ----end-of-wikipedia-excerpt----

  Isn't the law of country of the user that matters when a service is
  used across countries boundaries?

  Update:

  Based on responses: 
  We also think think this change this affect not only Launchpad Answers, but also other systems, such as Launchpad Bugs. It would be handy to be able to edit and/or delete your *response* within a specific time-frame of posting in case of whatever response for whatever reason.

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