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That sounds pretty illegal over here in Europe. Or did they fix it for European users? Edit: Why am I being downvoted for asking this question?

• tantalor 7y ago
  Sounds vague... What law are you referring to? Why would it be illegal? Is that reasonable in this case? Please don't comment about the voting on comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • cube2222 7y ago
    The parent is probably referring to GDPR.
  • C14L 7y ago
    > What law are you referring to? GDPR. It requires that the person whose personal data is processed must give explicit permission about what data is processed and allow the purpose for which the data is processed. And it must be possible at any time to withdraw that permission and to delete the data. At least as far as I understand those rules, ianal.
    • DanBC 7y ago
      > It requires that the person whose personal data is processed must give explicit permission about what data is processed > and allow the purpose for which the data is processed. > And it must be possible at any time to withdraw that permission > and to delete the data. No it doesn't. There are several lawful bases for storing and processing data. User permission is only one of those bases. It's usually not the best one to use. https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/gdpr-resources/lawful-basis-resources/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/gdpr-resources/lawful-b...