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0 pointsjrockway16y ago0 comments

HN is not in the Netherlands, so this is completely irrelevant. (Just like when some company in the US sends a DMCA takedown notice to the Netherlands.)

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stingraycharles16y ago

He wasn't implying that Dutch law was valid in the US, he was simply stating that because perhaps there is some similar law in the US (hence the "I don't know about the US").

Besides, does one really need to provide a valid reason to delete an account ? Isn't "just because" good enough ?

authentic16y ago

technically, YC has a European subsidiary (a startup funded by them).

jacquesm16y ago

So ?

Europe != NL.

And even if, a subsidiary incorporated independently is not going to be liable for acts of the parent company unless they are actively engaged in the same activity.

And in this case they would not be, Ycombinator owns and runs the forum, that startup does its own thing.

authentic16y ago

you misunderstood. it can be argued that once YC has established a sufficient nexus within a particular country it can be held to its laws (in this case, DE data protection and privacy laws which are far stricter than those of NL, afaik).

on a much larger scale, watch for the impending fight between the EU commission and facebook about this very issue.

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stingraycharles16y ago

He wasn't implying that Dutch law was valid in the US, he was simply stating that because perhaps there is some similar law in the US (hence the "I don't know about the US").

Besides, does one really need to provide a valid reason to delete an account ? Isn't "just because" good enough ?

authentic16y ago

technically, YC has a European subsidiary (a startup funded by them).

jacquesm16y ago

So ?

Europe != NL.

And even if, a subsidiary incorporated independently is not going to be liable for acts of the parent company unless they are actively engaged in the same activity.

And in this case they would not be, Ycombinator owns and runs the forum, that startup does its own thing.

authentic16y ago

on a much larger scale, watch for the impending fight between the EU commission and facebook about this very issue.

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