TL;DR: I got a response from Reddit that basically says they’re not violating anything.
There was a post here 3 weeks ago that talked about the GDPR violations Reddit is committing.
reddit is telling it’s future investors with recent news and more info on their IPO, that they’re currently selling and looking to sell their user’s data to companies wanting to train their LLMs, including Google.
I’m not sure of anyone else has gotten a response from them yet so I thought I’d share the email.
The Email:
Hello,
Thank you for contacting Reddit.
As stated in Reddit’s Privacy policy much of the information on the Services is public and accessible to everyone, even without an account. By using the Services, you are directing us to share this information publicly and freely.
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Thank you, Reddit Legal Support
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GDPR doesn’t care if they make money on the data. But in practice they do go after the bigger offenders, who often make billions of euros (and have been fined over a billion euros)
The law does not care but the enforcers are much more likely to first pick up cases where companies are making loads of money rather than someone who is not.
That’s what was my point.