You also cannot delete your HN account.
Netflix specifically targets EU users (e.g. by advertising in the EU and billing in Euros). HN does not.
You cant delete your netflix account. Doesnt this violate GDPR?
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Re: You cant delete your netflix account. Doesnt this violate GDPR?
#12You also cannot delete your HN account.
Netflix specifically targets EU users (e.g. by advertising in the EU and billing in Euros). HN does not.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that's relevant: if you open your service to EU users you have to comply to GDPR as far as their data is concerned. Am I missing something here?
Re: You cant delete your netflix account. Doesnt this violate GDPR?
#13GDPR also requires that you can't keep customer data indefinitely.
I haven't renewed my subscription some months ago. I had a message mentioning that my playlists would be kept during one year and would be deleted after this period. Don't know if it applies to user information.
Re: You cant delete your netflix account. Doesnt this violate GDPR?
#14The process of deleting your account isn't something that has to be you can do yourself using a "delete my account" button with half a dozen confirmation boxes.
They can process it themselves by sending a request and still be GDPR compliant.
Re: You cant delete your netflix account. Doesnt this violate GDPR?
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Netflix specifically targets EU users (e.g. by advertising in the EU and billing in Euros). HN does not.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that's relevant: if you open your service to EU users you have to comply to GDPR as far as their data is concerned. Am I missing something here?
That Netflix has offices in the EU[1] where GDPR can easily be enforced, while YC does not. Supposedly, the EU will try to enforce its own law on all the nations of the world, but I've yet to hear of a case where it does enforce GDPR outside of the EU.
EDIT: I remember there's also had the "requirement" for worldwide businesses to setup physical offices in the EU before accepting EU citizens as clients. I put "requirement" in scare-quotes, because I find that equally difficult for the EU to enforce throughout the world. Maybe, the GDPR will either apply only to those companies that have set-up physical offices in the EU and not the ones that haven't, or cause the creation of The Great Firewall of Europe to block out businesses that haven't set-up physical offices. I do wonder if some nations will allow this enforcement of foreign law by treaty.
EDIT 2: s/Realistically speaking/Maybe/. Realistically speaking, I have no clue how GDPR enforcement will play out.
[1] https://jobs.netflix.com/locations/amsterdam-netherlands
Re: You cant delete your netflix account. Doesnt this violate GDPR?
#16The GDPR requires that a company implement the right to erasure on request, not that it have a button labeled "Delete My Account." Have you contacted support?
Exactly this. Just contact them and they will remove your account. I've done it with multiple other services and they complied without problems through customer support.
Re: You cant delete your netflix account. Doesnt this violate GDPR?
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Re: You cant delete your netflix account. Doesnt this violate GDPR?
#18The GDPR requires that a company implement the right to erasure on request, not that it have a button labeled "Delete My Account." Have you contacted support?
If I ask Google to delete all my innformation, will they do it ?
Re: You cant delete your netflix account. Doesnt this violate GDPR?
#19GDPR also requires that you can't keep customer data indefinitely.
I hate rules like that. I mean, I love them, but we can't verify anything . Not sure how to solve that, either. Only thing that comes to mind is constant audit but that seems insanely unreasonable.
yeah, and good luck with erasing customer data from tape archives :)