Summary
A mental wellness app that stores users' innermost negative thoughts carries extraordinary data sensitivity obligations. Users must be able to permanently and verifiably delete all their stored thought data. Without a right-to-deletion feature, the platform may violate GDPR Article 17 (Right to Erasure) and creates severe trust and legal risks.
Problem
- There is likely no "Delete My Account and All Data" feature.
- User thought data (potentially the most personal data category — mental health information) may persist indefinitely.
- Under GDPR, processing special category data (mental health) without explicit consent and deletion capability is non-compliant.
- A data breach exposing users' negative thought logs would be a severe trust violation.
Proposed Solution
Implement a full account and data deletion flow:
@router.delete("/account")
async def delete_account(current_user=Depends(get_current_user), db=Depends(get_db)):
# Delete all thought journal entries
await db.thoughts.delete_many({"user_id": current_user.id})
# Delete community contributions (anonymize or delete)
await db.community_reframes.delete_many({"user_id": current_user.id})
# Delete user account
await db.users.delete_one({"id": current_user.id})
# Invalidate all sessions
await db.refresh_tokens.delete_many({"user_id": current_user.id})
# Send confirmation email
await send_deletion_confirmation(current_user.email)
return {"message": "Your account and all data have been permanently deleted."}With a 30-day grace period (soft delete) and immediate hard delete option.
I would be happy to implement this. Could you assign this issue to me?
Labels: security, privacy, gdpr, compliance, GSSoC 2026
Summary
A mental wellness app that stores users' innermost negative thoughts carries extraordinary data sensitivity obligations. Users must be able to permanently and verifiably delete all their stored thought data. Without a right-to-deletion feature, the platform may violate GDPR Article 17 (Right to Erasure) and creates severe trust and legal risks.
Problem
Proposed Solution
Implement a full account and data deletion flow:
With a 30-day grace period (soft delete) and immediate hard delete option.
I would be happy to implement this. Could you assign this issue to me?
Labels:
security,privacy,gdpr,compliance,GSSoC 2026