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by geofft 1314 days ago
From GDPR article 2:

> 2. This Regulation does not apply to the processing of personal data:

> (c) by a natural person in the course of a purely personal or household activity

My sense (I am neither a lawyer nor European so this is certainly not European legal advice) is that you cannot use GDPR to compel someone to delete your contact info if they're solely a social acquaintance, but you can use it to compel them to delete it if they're a one-person business of some sort (contractor, Etsy seller, lawyer, etc.).

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Exactly, your baby sitter, your employer, your lawyer, the plumber you called two months ago ... Are covered.

The person you traded phone at the bar last week, your neighbor or your coworker from last job are not.