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Re:Ask HN: Will HN allow account and comment deletions? by x0x0 on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:18PM (#16699690)
Most of the deletion requirement for a user could probably be satisfied by removing the username from the posts. And not just for display, but in the db. If the data can't be recalled for a user, then (by my reading) that clears the GDPR requirement.
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Re:Ask HN: Will HN allow account and comment deletions? by mattmanser on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @04:20PM (#16701532)
Comments have personally identifiable information in too, it really doesn't sound like it's enough.
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Re:Ask HN: Will HN allow account and comment deletions? by x0x0 on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @06:32PM (#16702639)
how many comments list their own name? Very very few.

Other comments may refer to you but you have no gdpr privacy rights over that.

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