• Ulu-Mulu-no-die
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    1 year ago

    If you’re EU you can All those in EU can ask reddit for the entirety of your data as a GDPR request, much easier than downloading it yourself, especially since some apps have limits to how many posts they can fetch.

    How to request your reddit data

    • @[email protected]
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      161 year ago

      Asked for mine last week and still hasn’t arrived, but I’ve been an active user for 17 years so yeah, might be taking a while to get those tape backups from the basement or something :P

      • Ulu-Mulu-no-die
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        111 year ago

        They say it can take up to 30 days, so I think you have a bit more waiting to do :D

        • Satouru
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          101 year ago

          No, no. They say it can take up to 30 days, yes.

          But that’s not the correct wording. It legally needs to be done under 30 days (well, one calendar month), if you’re a EU citizen.

          If they do not, I highly encourage you to contact your country’s data regulator and complain about it.

          • Ulu-Mulu-no-die
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            1 year ago

            Oooh, thanks for the clarification! It wasn’t clear to me it was a legal constraint.

            I haven’t submit mine yet, I was waiting for the blackout to end, but I’ll sure check my calendar and report to my data regulator if they don’t comply.

            p.s. yes I’m a EU citizen

            • Satouru
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              71 year ago

              Well, just a heads up, I might have wrote total bullshit (sorry about that!).

              I tried to find a reference to the “one calendar month” rule in the EU’s legalese, but I didn’t find anything.

              What I found is that depending on your country, the data regulator might require services to give you your data in 30 days or less, but this might not be the case everywhere in the EU. The relevant legal article for this can be found here: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-15-gdpr/

              I am not a lawyer anyway, so your best bet would be to message an organization that fights for personal data protection to ask them about your rights in your home country.

              Sorry about the confusion once again, as I might have been wrong!

      • @[email protected]
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        101 year ago

        Poor intern is in the basement writing it all down with a quill and ink. Expect the pony to arrive with your parcel in 10-14 months.

    • Anas
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      71 year ago

      You don’t have to be in the EU to make a GDPR request, right? If I understand correctly, they can’t actually check.

      • Ulu-Mulu-no-die
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        21 year ago

        They do know which country you’re from unless you use a VPN all the time, tho I personally wouldn’t lie (fake my IP) for something as serious as this.

        • Anas
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          131 year ago

          They would know what country I’m currently in, but I could still be an EU citizen using a VPN or traveling outside the EU. IANAL, but I’m pretty sure my data would still be protected by GDPR.

          Granted, I am not, but the request worked anyway lol

    • Tug
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      51 year ago

      I’m in the US, but thank you.