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HN doesn't allow you to delete comments anyway. You can try emailing dang and he'll give you some excuse about how he doesn't need to care about GDPR and data protection laws.

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To be fair HN is purely a US entity; GDPR doesn't apply as much as the EU might insist it does.

YCombinator, the parent of HN, does business in the EU.

That I did not know. Thanks for clarifying.

GDPR applies as long as your service is used by EU citizens[0].

[0]: https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/r...

Sure, that's what the EU claims. Doesn't make it so.

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