Do we really need to start adding a "by participating in the tournament you agree to have your decklist shared until eternity" -clause to the tournaments?
That clause already exists there, VEKN tournament rules that participants agree to by taking part has the following;
"1.6. Publishing Event Information
White Wolf, Inc. reserves the right to publish event information such as the contents of any player's deck as well as transcripts or video reproductions of any sanctioned tournament. The tournament organizer is also permitted to publish event information."
Deck contents are event information and the tournament organizer is permitted to publish event information. If people disagree with that they're free to either not take part in said event or not grant it to tournament organizers and get the response one receives when not agreeing with tournament organizer on their rule admitted right.
Then again I know how hard it is to remember tournament rules, lord knows I broke the Spectator responsibility last time. It was moot situation that judge would have corrected but still I broke the conduct by saying stuff out loud instead pointing it to judge. Stuff happens, memory fails and bad choices are made. I can see how people might assume their deck lists are their own private knowledge even when taking part to a event they allow it to become public information. Even if they won't win.
This is also why I feel we should put it to rules to require written decklist to be handed when taking part in a tourney as that would then be handed to organizer after the players "end their tournament". Organizer can then publish their choice of interesting or noteworthy decks for everyone to enjoy and ponder upon more easily without need to call after players (required vs. requested). The Grant to publish clause is already there, so the only difference to current is possible sanctions if that napkin deck list is not written by the time player ends their tournament. It could even be a caution level sanction if there's fear of people losing positions over napkin with writing on it. The Current format of winning deck only and perhaps few others if the player can be reached and/or remembers what their deck was is, well, lackluster. If it means printing a decklist that then might get last minute modifications with red pen, fine, if it's writing to a napkin during the event so be it but in the long distance it would serve the community to see what people play, new players would see examples, older players the overall trends in the tournaments. None of that is privacy concern as personal data is not published, the only losers in the situation are large tournament preppers who might hone their decks in smaller tournaments months earlier and get it published "too early." Despite them agreeing via participation that it's okay to publish.
I just asked a question.
I expected an answer like:
Just speak your name and I will remove you from that list OR it is not possible to remove the names from there.
Did not expect a discussion with dozens of posts.
That is the result of public forum and multiple differing stances on how records and privacy should be handled in 2020. Along with the fact that decades have passed since deck archive started and customs along with common sense has changed with the time. Hence I pointed towards
www.vekn.net/site-administrators
who are only ones with power and authority to handle VEKN site related things. Ankha (Administrator) already gave you one short answer. If you wish to try your luck for different one contacting Web Coordinator directly you could get that answer. But Fishing for a favorable resolution from different person on the same organization might give certain impression that affects the resolution on non legally binding matter.
Note that Ankha in my opinion commented on the decklist, not personal data as the topic of the thread and question in the OP is about removal of decks, not name. So the comment on speaking a name to get it removed or not is not really what this thread started and it's unfair to associate removing a decklist to be equal of removing a name. Name has legislation, treaties and regulation around it (if it's your real legal name), decklist might or might not be intellectual property depending how and what legislation is used and interpreted not to mention giving a rise of a question who came up with it first vs who reached TWDA win with it first.
If you wish to ensure your privacy in a fashion that cannot be denied without specific reasons I did point out the GDPR article 17 route for personal data that I'm quite sure will be granted considering how the site resides in France and follows EU regulation and the archive is not primarly about persons. It won't get the decklists associated with those tournament wins off the site but it will get rid of your association with them and there's really not much more that can be done to prevent people from contacting you and asking how they work.
But you need to be one making that kind of request via email or other direct contact form, this here is just discussion around the subject matter in "what if" format. After all there's a stark difference between a question on a forum about a decklist and a legally binding request for personal data that might be backed up with Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés in this case. I highly recommend you give it a overnight ponder on what it actually means to request and have all your personal data removed from VEKN unless you've already done that and are adamant about it. You have soon two decades worth of VEKN history and erasing that to get rid of people contacting you over decks sounds like shooting flies with a cannon when simple flyswat copypaste "Sorry, no I won't." would suffice. Naturally your viewpoint is the only one that matters regarding your personal situation. Reading
gdpr.eu/right-to-be-forgotten/
should help on the questions along with a sample template (the pdf is 404 but below it is example text version of what can aid and be requested). Same is true for other non vekn.net sites that might have the personal data you wish to have erased. The Sidebar Hall of Fame and Tournament Winning Decks after all hotlink to site that's not under vekn.net.
If you wish to cherry pick on what gets removed and what not, well it's a matter to discuss in direct contact as with most things case by case solutions tend to work the best. Ankha in my opinion gave a viewpoint on decklist cherrypicking already. Either way as the "without undue delay" has been legally considered to mean aprox a month, giving it one night sleep worth of a ponder is sensible.
Remove Decks From TWDA
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