r/gdpr
24k members
r/gdpr is a subreddit with 24k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses gdpr, privacy, ai, compliance, and data.
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"
27 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Subject Access Requests (SARs) are still the bane of my existence, I don't understand why!"
10 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Looking for GDPR compliant database tools based in Europe, any recommendations?"
8 posts
#4
News
: "Finland just became the first EU country to activate full AI Act enforcement. Didn't see much coverage of this."
3 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Built a tool to help companies track EU AI Act compliance before the August 2 deadline — happy to share it"
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"
150 posts
#2
Privacy
: "Large subreddit collecting racial identity photos from hundreds of thousands of users. No Privacy policy, no data controller, no retention policy, EXIF metadata risk."
31 posts
#3
Ai
: "Finland just became the first EU country to activate full Ai Act enforcement. Didn't see much coverage of this."
19 posts
#4
Compliance
: "Built a tool to help companies track EU AI Act Compliance before the August 2 deadline — happy to share it"
18 posts
#5
Data
: "Storage limit on oersonal Data"
11 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
: "Advice on training employees"
8 posts
#9
Subject Access Requests
: "Air India ignoring Subject Access Requests + GDPR obligations"
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?"
7 posts
Flair Used in r/gdpr
#1
EU 🇪🇺
: "American video game company refusing to delete account"
75 posts
#2
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"
44 posts
#3
Question - General
: "Anyone else start a risk assessment and immediately regret it?"
43 posts
#4
Question - Data Subject
: "Why does "legitimate interest" option even exits?"
5 posts
#5
Question - Data Controller
: "(UK) Guessing/inferring client info like gender, allowed?"
5 posts
#6
Analysis
: "Google killed the Privacy Sandbox. Six months later, consent is all that remains."
4 posts
#7
News
: "Italian DPA fines National Postal Service €12.5M for invasive app monitoring"
3 posts
#8
Meta
: "Getting Meta to delete your data"
3 posts
#9
Resource
: "Advice on training employees"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/gdpr
Yearly
+5k members(25.9%)
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Last updated: June 10, 2026