I didn't say about data processing, but data gathering. What I meant about stop using account is that they won't send you any new notifications, won't show you

I didn't say about data processing, but data gathering. What I meant about stop using account is that they won't send you any new notifications, won't show you as a possible friend for other registering people etc. By data gathering I meant that they won't track you anymore, like if you exit facebook, they should still adding info about you through all the like buttons etc. > Next to that: allow users to delete their data when they close their account (this should be as easy as setting cascade on foreign key constraints). That is definitely not easy and doesn't work like that. That's why it's common practice in any serious system to have 'deleted' flag instead of actual deleting. > It is only if you are actively trying to target your goods or services to the European market that they will enforce against you. Yes, and if you target whole world like most sites in the internet do, you're targeting Europe?