Little did I know just how difficult it would be to take possession of and delete my own archive data on Facebook and Twitter, until I decided to do exactly that this week. I wanted a fresh start, and was bothered by the ongoing news stories about just what might and does happen to all the personal data these and other social networks collect on individuals. My plan was to mass delete all my Facebook status updates and my tweets going back to 2007, and to then implement a new personal discipline whereby every week or so I’d wipe the [...]