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 data, gdpr, advice, annoying, and struggling.
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
: "How can I remove old news articles about me from Google under the right to be forgotten?"
11 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "GDPR compliance for a web site - I need help!"
8 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Data breach grievance submission"
4 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Should Al Companies pay everyday users and website owners for training Al on their data?"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I built a GDPR compliance app after realizing most EU Shopify stores are quietly non-compliant, just launched it"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/gdpr
#1
Data
: "Data breach grievance submission"
11 posts
#2
Gdpr
: "Can a potential DPO conflict of interest under Article 38 Gdpr be challenged through an Article 77 complaint?"
7 posts
#3
Advice
7 posts
#4
Annoying
6 posts
#5
Struggling
6 posts
#6
Struggle
6 posts
#7
Cookie
5 posts
#8
Popup
3 posts
#9
Companies
3 posts
#10
Complaint
: "Can a potential DPO conflict of interest under Article 38 GDPR be challenged through an Article 77 Complaint?"
2 posts
Flair Used in r/gdpr
#1
EU 🇪🇺
: "A new bank has a domain very similar to my last name and I'm getting some of their emails"
54 posts
#2
Question - General
: "Anyone else start a risk assessment and immediately regret it?"
39 posts
#3
UK 🇬🇧
: "Refusing to delete an account due to GDPR"
35 posts
#4
Question - Data Controller
: "Clients treating "legitimate interest" like a magic wand for bought data"
9 posts
#5
Analysis
: "Tracking pixels: conflicting guidelines across countries (FR/IT)"
7 posts
#6
Question - Data Subject
: "Why does "legitimate interest" option even exits?"
6 posts
#7
Resource
: "do a gdpr compliance audit of your privacy policy with full gap analysis"
6 posts
#8
News
: "US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers"
3 posts
#9
Meta
: "Meta is another kind of evil..."
1 post
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Yearly
+5k members(26.7%)
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Last updated: August 13, 2026