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by wiremine 2877 days ago
> Having the law say your personal data is owned by you and not some company just because it's on their server may turn out to be a landmark in consumer friendly legislation!

It's interesting to think where this goes in the future. Can I demand my purchase history from physical McDonalds restaurants at some point? Why limit it to internet-related interactions? (Or maybe this is already included in GDPR and I'm just not aware?)

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You can already demand this data from McDonalds, if they retain it.

You've been able to for about 20 years, in some form with the previous laws.

(More commonly, you could demand the paper records your employer has about you.)