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Re:Black Hat: GDPR privacy law exploited to reveal personal ... by PeterisP on Friday August 09, 2019 @01:20PM (#20656395)
The GDPR recitals do not recommend gathering additional data solely to be able to fulfill these requests.

See https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-64/ and https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-57/ - the key part is "A controller should not retain personal data for the sole purpose of being able to react to potential requests."

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Re:Black Hat: GDPR privacy law exploited to reveal personal ... by JumpCrisscross on Friday August 09, 2019 @03:21PM (#20657504)
> The GDPR recitals do not recommend gathering additional data solely to be able to fulfill these requests

One, these are non-binding recitals.

Two, the conflict between (a) data-furnishing requirements and (b) advice against retaining data that would validate the requestor is exactly the point of this post.

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