> If you request deletion of your Hacker News account, note that we reserve the right to refuse to (i) delete any of the submissions, favorites, or comments you posted on the Hacker News site or linked in your profile and/or (ii) remove their association with your Hacker News ID.

I don't know why they continue to stand by this massive breach of privacy.

Citizens of any country should have the right to sue to remove personal information from any website at any time, regardless of how it got there.

Right to be forgotten should he universal.

>I don't know why they continue to stand by this massive breach of privacy.

It's worse than that, it's an obvious GDPR violation. But it hasn't been tested in a (european) court yet. One day, it will be, and much rejoicing would be had then.

It's also a shitty provision that it's not made clear when signing up for HN, as it is a pretty uncommon one.