Quote Originally Posted by hagare View Post
If you can still use the same address you used before, can you use paypal?
It might be an alternative.
I'm not sure I'm ready yet to gamble my access based on the hope that I won't lose access to a 10 year old account that I've bought plenty of cosmetic items for so I could support the game.

I think this behaviour might actually be in violation of EU GDPR rules and the 'right to rectification' of personal data. I've reached out to the authority in my country and if it is a violation I will make a formal complaint and encourage other EU residents to do so too.

I think the only way SE will address this is if their hand is forced at this stage. They've known it was an issue for 10 years already and refuse to take any steps to fix it.