I used to have a youtube channel called
http://www.youtube.com/user/PearShapedIraq
It was an active account on Youtube from about 2008-2013 after which no new content was uploaded.
It remained on Youtube's servers until at least the 31st of December 2019
As can be seen by its record print on the way back machine
https://web.archive.org/web/20151109100504/https://www.youtube.com/user/PearShapedIraq/videos
In early 2020 I started to receive complaints that the channel had disappeared.
I therefore contacted youtube to ask what had happened as I had received no correspondence from them warning me this would happen.
It could have been that they tried to contact me but could not but I have a googlemail account so I do not know why they did not use this to contact me.
I have "appealed" the termination of the channel but since I don't know why the channel was terminated it is difficult to do this with any realistic prospect of success. Youtube are contactable via web form but they will not reply so I have been reduced to trying to contact them on social media.
I would like my content back which they seem to have destroyed without allowing me to recover it first.
However, having failed to get a response from them via their website and email I have responded to them via social media where they have informed me that they cannot give me a timeline on when they will respond to my questions.
More disturbingly Youtube has a policy whereby when a Youtube account has been disabled users are "banned for life".
It seems to me then that my details are on a blacklist and I would like to know what data Youtube is storing about me.
Attached is my letter to Youtube of the 9th of July (1 month ago) communicated to them via social media because one cannot be sure that they actually recieve emails. I have also sent it via post.
I would like my lost data returned and to know what data is stored about me with regard to my account.
Please note since this blog was written Youtube have kindly restored my channel although why it was removed in the first place remains a mystery.
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