r/gdpr
24k members
r/gdpr is a subreddit with 24k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses gdpr, privacy, compliance, data, and ai.
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
: "EU deals gave us GDPR homework"
17 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Redacting GDPR-sensitive info from hundreds of documents, any way to automate this?"
8 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Subject Access Requests (SARs) are still the bane of my existence, I don't understand why!"
5 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "My desire to have GDPR Compliant Analytics on my sites led to this little project, LibreCounter: free, libre, open source analytics, no installation or configuration required."
2 posts
#5
News
: "Finland just became the first EU country to activate full AI Act enforcement. Didn't see much coverage of this."
2 posts
#6
Opportunities
: "Opportunity as data privacy consultant"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/gdpr
#1
Gdpr
: "Amazon’s Project Starfish scraped my store despite Gdpr opt-out - 50 violations documented [Evidence + ICO complaint filed]. Odds on they are scraping you too"
167 posts
#2
Privacy
: "Has GDPR actually improved Privacy, or just trained everyone to click "Accept"?"
42 posts
#3
Compliance
: "Built a tool to help companies track EU AI Act Compliance before the August 2 deadline — happy to share it"
24 posts
#4
Data
: "Storage limit on oersonal Data"
20 posts
#5
Ai
: "Finland just became the first EU country to activate full Ai Act enforcement. Didn't see much coverage of this."
20 posts
#6
Personal Data
: "I built a free Chrome extension that stops you from accidentally sharing Personal Data with ChatGPT/Claude. Everything processed locally, nothing leaves your browser"
10 posts
#7
Eu Ai Act
: "GDPR Article 22 and Eu Ai Act Article 86 are essentially the same obligation, why is nobody talking about this?"
9 posts
#8
Advice
8 posts
#9
Sar
: "Email outputs for Sar"
8 posts
#10
Consent
: "I became aware of a GDPR violation at my workplace: Camera footages sent to the US via HDD, without Consent How bad is it?"
8 posts
Flair Used in r/gdpr
#1
Question - General
: "Redacting GDPR-sensitive info from hundreds of documents, any way to automate this?"
62 posts
#2
EU 🇪🇺
: "American video game company refusing to delete account"
61 posts
#3
UK 🇬🇧
: "Amazon’s Project Starfish scraped my store despite GDPR opt-out - 50 violations documented [Evidence + ICO complaint filed]. Odds on they are scraping you too"
46 posts
#4
Question - Data Subject
: "Are cookie walls like this legal?"
8 posts
#5
Analysis
: "NOYB Analysis of "Digital Omnibus" Proposals for EU GDPR and ePrivacy Changes"
7 posts
#6
News
: "US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers"
6 posts
#7
Question - Data Controller
: "Clients treating "legitimate interest" like a magic wand for bought data"
6 posts
#8
Meta
: "Getting Meta to delete your data"
2 posts
#9
Resource
: "My desire to have GDPR Compliant Analytics on my sites led to this little project, LibreCounter: free, libre, open source analytics, no installation or configuration required."
2 posts
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Last updated: July 12, 2026