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It only "doesn't offer a way" if you write an email to HN and they refuse to do it, or don't answer. I haven't requested that myself, so I don't know what answe
by adrianmsmith 8y ago
It only "doesn't offer a way" if you write an email to HN and they refuse to do it, or don't answer. I haven't requested that myself, so I don't know what answer you'd get. But I think, unless there's evidence that someone's got such an answer from them, it would be wrong to assume they won't/can't do it.
Deleting data etc. doesn't have to be automated i.e. with a button to do it. Writing to them and them doing it is sufficient.
- jacquesm 8y agoSpot on. That's exactly how it is. It would be nice if the GDPR mandated automated procedures for all of the above that are no more complex than it is to sign up and post in the first place. But that's not quite how it works. There are such requirements in some of our laws with respect to signing up and cancelling paid services.