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Wait till they remove Google Takeout

Don't give them ideas. Although... EU will smack them with fines for it. And probably California, too.

> EU will smack them with fines for it. And probably California, too.

Kind and respectful reminder that HN does not permit the users to delete their data or download it. It is against the law in EU (and probably California), but it hasn't been legally tested yet.

Hn is an interesting one because there's not even an email associated. Though I imagine they have logs of IPs and such. Still, an equivalent feels like ad networks that are everywhere though don't seem to have a way to delete data.

Doesn't that refer to personal data only? If you did not provide personal info to HN, would GDPR still apply?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten#European...

YC / HN are in the US, not the EU.

Yes, I know, Europeans think their laws automatically apply globally, but laws are meaningless without enforcement. Hence why 99% of US companies can safely ignore GDPR unless they're operating in the EU (which HN is not).

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