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Re:Ask HN: Is HN GDPR compliant? by dangrossman on Sunday April 29, 2018 @11:34PM (#16955525)
The GDPR explicitly says you may charge a reasonable fee to cover your administrative costs.
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Re:Ask HN: Is HN GDPR compliant? by SyneRyder on Monday April 30, 2018 @02:01AM (#16956153)
Oh! I totally missed that. Thank you for the correction.

Not meaning to be argumentative, but is there a reference for that beyond Article 12 Section 5? (I probably missed that too.) But that section seems to suggest you can only charge a fee (or even decline to act) if the requests are unfounded or repeatedly excessive:

https://gdpr-info.eu/art-12-gdpr/

"Where requests from a data subject are manifestly unfounded or excessive, in particular because of their repetitive character, the controller may either:

charge a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information or communication or taking the action requested; or

refuse to act on the request.

(Google's clause was opting to charge for any deletion request that is not yet automated.)

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Re:Ask HN: Is HN GDPR compliant? by sebazzz on Monday April 30, 2018 @01:18AM (#16955973)
Five euros I was told in the knowledge session at my work.
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