r/gdpr
25k members
r/gdpr is a subreddit with 25k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses gdpr, advice, annoying, struggling, and struggle.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect 25 May 2018. Ask questions about the GDPR, discuss and share resources about the GDPR, and learn about best-practices regarding personal data and data privacy. Related laws like ePrivacy or UK GDPR are also in scope.
Popular Themes in r/gdpr
#1
Advice Requests
: "Is this even legal?"
13 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "which e-signature plateform is actually GDPR compliant end-to-end ?"
8 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "The GDPR (DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY) in Rome has closed my case. I survived a real-life identity theft and fought for four years against a blind and obsolete system—the Italian judicial system. AMA!"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/gdpr
#1
Gdpr
: "Anyone been through a Gdpr audit where third party
scripts were specifically flagged?"
14 posts
#2
Advice
7 posts
#3
Annoying
6 posts
#4
Struggling
6 posts
#5
Struggle
6 posts
#6
Data
: "Is there any way to take psuedonymised educational sector Data out of strictest Data protecting jurisdictions like EU or KSA?"
6 posts
#7
Cookie
5 posts
#8
Eu
: "Found out Google Analytics was tracking Eu visitors before they gave consent"
4 posts
#9
Popup
3 posts
#10
Companies
3 posts
Flair Used in r/gdpr
#1
EU 🇪🇺
: "Meta's AI crawler hit our site 741,900 times last month. Our DPA says we can barely scrape anything. Who are these rules actually for?"
45 posts
#2
Question - General
: "Found out Google Analytics was tracking EU visitors before they gave consent"
37 posts
#3
UK 🇬🇧
: "Two DPO email addresses listed on the UK ICO register for WhatsApp/Meta reject my emails — is this compliant with UK GDPR?"
29 posts
#4
Question - Data Controller
: "Has an auditor or regulator ever asked you to prove a human actually reviews an automated decision?"
8 posts
#5
Question - Data Subject
: "Company did not follow my GDPR, what do i do?"
6 posts
#6
Analysis
: "Findings from scanning 458 recent Product Hunt launches from an EU computer"
5 posts
#7
Meta
: "Meta is another kind of evil..."
2 posts
#8
News
: "Another Met Police data breach, when does further action need to be taken?"
2 posts
#9
Resource
: "EDPB just confirmed it: AI models are NOT automatically anonymous. Are we ready?"
1 post
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Yearly
+5k members(27.1%)
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Last updated: September 18, 2026