You can't really contract out of these rights, they're yours to keep (if you're living in the EU, that is). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Direct

You can't really contract out of these rights, they're yours to keep (if you're living in the EU, that is). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive Some countries go further than these pan-European rules and for instance require you to delete the data on request. Facebook having a Dublin subsidiary is going to hurt big time. The reason why you can't respond to some comments is because of HNs anti flame-war measures, a cool-off period is active before a reply link appears. There are some tricks to get around that, I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out.