Why bother delete your own account if you can change your infos? Deleting an account can be abusive. For example, a hack can post to public someone's private information and then after few hours or a day, he/she will delete his/her account. or similar to a layout ripper or for a spammer, they can spam all they want, post abusive msgs in the forum, stress us all moderators. they can delete their account without leaving some enough evidence who is that. why bother, right? if a member really want their privacy, they can use fake informations. no one can force them not to. it is all people's freedom.