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Hacker News is not GDPR-compliant
- vieques 3y agoexplain - what is the issue?
- mtmail 3y agoIs it LGPD (Brazilian data protection), POPIA (South Africa), FADP (Switzerland) compliant? I don't see VCDPA (Virgina) either.
- mrd3v0 3y agoIt is easy to jump on defence of the platform one uses using a satirical non-take, but that leaves out details such as percentage of people under GDPR using HN compared to the other laws you mentioned, additionally basic compliance with GDPR, for the most part covers other data protection laws.
- colesantiago 3y agoDoes HN use cookies with no banner? Then it probably isn't GDPR compliant at all. Some companies I know that know they aren't compliant actually block users outside via IP addresses to 'comply'. So this should mean that HN should do the same here.
- mtmail 3y agoSession cookies are fine. Related "Dear Paul Graham, there is no cookie banner law" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39742578 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39742578
- brudgers 3y agoIf YC isn't located in the EU, does it need to be? That's of course a question for a lawyer if it matters. I wouldn't be surprised if YC has paid for legal analysis...or at least someone with moderate business experience read the law.