# Providing data for GDPR

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/providing-data-for-gdpr/83595
**Category:** Community Building
**Tags:** gdpr, privacy
**Created:** [March 22, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/providing-data-for-gdpr/83595 "2018-03-22T18:36:10Z")
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### Author: ![richp10](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richp10/32/104381_2.png) [@richp10](https://meta.discourse.org/u/richp10)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/providing-data-for-gdpr/83595/8 "2018-03-22T19:26:34Z")

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> [@GDPR and anonymizing personal data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gdpr-and-anonymizing-personal-data/72103/49):
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> Isn’t that the two options that we currently have – delete or anonymise?

No - I am proposing a delete option that removes everything. At the moment you cannot entirely delete an account which has posts (if over two months old I think), you can only anonymize it.

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