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Yes, but you need to explicitly target the EU. What that exactly means will be determined will eventually be determined in court, but some examples: - If you o
by sebazzz 9y ago
Yes, but you need to explicitly target the EU. What that exactly means will be determined will eventually be determined in court, but some examples:
- If you offer your products in Euros, which is the currency in most of the EU
- If you offer payment methods which only exist in the EU or one of its members
- Otherwise suggest you target EU citizens
Hacker News exists as a generic website on the internet, but it does not to target any country or region specifically. Therefore HN should be exempt from the legislation.
- madez 9y agoThat is incorrect. You don't need to specifically target the EU. If you handle data from European citizens, the GDPR applies to you.
- madez 9y agoI'm baffled. Why the downvotes? See for applicability: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/ Also, in the case of HN, YC offers a service. Just like a forum is a service, this discussion and news platform is a service. It's irrelevant if it's paid for or free.
- mdekkers 9y agoI'm baffled. Why the downvotes? Because HN is now like Reddit, but for techno-snobs. If you don't follow the tightly defined groupthink, you'll get downvoted. Many years of discussion groups have proven that downvoting has a chilling effect on discussion groups. Allow upvotes, and "spam" flags.