Even in cases where every part of ad serving happens in house, as it does, ex, with ads on Google Search or Facebook, the GDPR still applies. The reason that H

Even in cases where every part of ad serving happens in house, as it does, ex, with ads on Google Search or Facebook, the GDPR still applies. The reason that HN ads aren't a problem under the GDPR is that they don't (as far as I know) collect or use any personal data in their ad system. But that's something that works much better for HN than for most sites.