[lajhsdfkl]

>Except this forum software does provide a tool that lets the user export their own data, as well as a tool that lets an admin strip all identifying data.

Completely besides the point, there are hundreds of different pieces of forum software that may not have that feature implemented.

>The only way this targets non-European businesses is because the litigious nature of US culture seems to lead to this sort of overreaction.

Did I ever bring up litigation? What is your point here?

[ascorbic]

You brought up it targeting non-European business. That was the main way it seems to have disproportionately affected them.

[lajhsdfkl]

How about you try answering this question I posed to you

What is your point here? What is your point when you say that the EU is not litigious? Are you saying that I shouldn't expect to receive a fine for violating GDPR? Are you saying that I should just ignore GDPR data access requests if I am operating in a supposedly ethical manner and I am not selling user information?

[ascorbic]

I didn't see any question in there. My answer though is: respond to the request (which shouldn't be as hard as some are making out), but don't worry about fines unless you've been misusing the data or repeatedly ignoring warnings.

[taysic]

That's not how laws work. Someone has to prove they are innocent if another person claims they aren't to regulators. There is a cost to that. There is no way the law can know perfectly who is 'misusing data' beforehand.

[lajhsdfkl]

Then wtf is the point of GDPR if nobody will be sued for violating it?

[dang]

You've posted dozens of comments in GDPR flamewars. This sort of high-quantity, low-quality controversy quickly gets extremely repetitive and thus is off topic in addition to breaking the site guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).

Since that's all this account has done and we don't allow single-purpose accounts here, I've banned it. Please don't create accounts to do this with.

[ascorbic]

The point is to make companies stop misusing data. The fines are the teeth for if they don't stop.

[lajhsdfkl]

So I should be afraid of litigation?

[DanBC]

> there are hundreds of different pieces of forum software that may not have that feature implemented.

"Can I have all my data?" is not new to GDPR. It has existed in previous data protection law. How did people cope before?