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Why do you think Article 17 applies to Hacker News?

I don't mean the GDPR, I mean having read the article, which of the grounds do you believe applies?

The only one that's plausible is 1.b), and I'm not convinced that Hacker News is storing your data using Article 6 1(a).

The Right to Erasure applies to some pretty specific situations, mainly where the data is being held using consent only. I'm fairly sure that Hacker News stores your user content either under "Legitimate interest" or "Contract".

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