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HN is already non-compliant with several data privacy laws
by IlikeKitties 1y ago
HN is already non-compliant with several data privacy laws
- KaiserPro 1y agoIn what way?
- celticninja 1y agoYou cannot delete your comments.
- KaiserPro 1y agoAre public comments in a public forum classed as private data under GDPR? for example the only thing that can really be classed as PII is my username. does it count as reasonable to request it be deleted?
- oncallthrow 1y agoYes and yes. Google “right to be forgotten”
- M2Ys4U 1y agoThe right to be forgotten is not an absolute right.
- KaiserPro 1y agoRemember that GDPR is about storage and processing of personal information, not data created by a user. They are related by not 1:1 linked. If the username is removed, and there is no reasonable way to link the user to the comment, then its not PII. I would hope that this is logical because its not personally identifiable. (caveats apply here like if you put your home address in every comment. However is it reasonable to expect a user to do that in a public forum? probably not. ) As you can request that your username is deleted here, and assuming they are deleted properly, then HN is reasonably following the user's request. Hence my assertion that HN is GDPR compliant enough to no worry.
- jobs_throwaway 1y agoGood