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Note that they currently do not allow bulk deletes of one contributor's messages, "as that would wreck havoc in the discussion threads".
Basically you can ask nicely to delete some few posts, but if you want to delete all of your contributions you will get a no. This is at odds with the GDPR.
I would bet on nothing. The GDPR is there to catch the worst offenders, the other 99% of offenders will feel nothing.
Are they under any obligation to?
The regulation also applies to organisations based outside the EU if they collect or process personal data of individuals located inside the EU. According to the European Commission, "personal data is any information relating to an individual, whether it relates to his or her private, professional or public life. It can be anything from a name, a home address, a photo, an email address, bank details, posts on social networking websites, medical information, or a computer’s IP address."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula...
This will after May 25 be illegal for services offered in the EU, but I kind of think that the same courtesy should apply to non-europeans.
For me the question that a lot of people will be asking after 25th May, is what happens if they don't? I would bet on nothing. The GDPR is there to catch the worst offenders, the other 99% of offenders will feel nothing.
No. The danger is that Internet goliaths will use the GDPR to intimidate or even shut down smaller competitors. Think of patent trolls, just worse - because the GDPR has really huge fines attached and is damn easy to get wrong in implementations.
While the GDPR was intended to be beneficial to EU consumers, I fear it will end up being most beneficial to lawyers.
I'm not a lawyer, but HN is not established (AFAIK) in the EU, and while it has EU users, it likely does not meet the threshold of actively offering goods or services to EU residents. Being accessible from the EU in itself isn't sufficient to trigger the GDPR.
Are they under any obligation to?
The regulation applies if the data controller, an organisation that collects data from EU residents, or processor, an organisation that processes data on behalf of data controller like cloud service providers or the data subject (person) is based in the EU. The regulation also applies to organisations based outside the EU if they collect or process personal data of individuals located inside the EU. According to the…