Yes, I’ll take advice from my team about the privacy implications.
I agree, which is why I’d like it to be clear that these users are “deleted”, not “anon”. As an adult site, guys don’t like the idea that anonymous users may be able to browse the forum (which is one of the reasons we have it set up so they can’t) and they don’t like the idea that they’re putting themselves ‘out there’ while other guys are hiding behind an anonymised profile (which isn’t what’s happening, but I understand the “anon” makes them think that).