diff --git a/my/core/__init__.py b/my/core/__init__.py
index 34a3e0a..8567cd7 100644
--- a/my/core/__init__.py
+++ b/my/core/__init__.py
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ from .cfg import make_config
 from .util import __NOT_HPI_MODULE__
 
 from .error import Res, unwrap
+
+
+# just for brevity in modules
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from pathlib import Path
diff --git a/my/stackexchange/gdpr.py b/my/stackexchange/gdpr.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94dc627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/my/stackexchange/gdpr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""
+Stackexchange data (uses [[https://stackoverflow.com/legal/gdpr/request][official GDPR export]])
+"""
+
+# TODO need to merge gdpr and stexport
+
+### config
+from my.config import stackexchange as user_config
+from ..core import dataclass, PathIsh, make_config
+@dataclass
+class stackexchange(user_config):
+    gdpr_path: PathIsh  # path to GDPR zip file
+config = make_config(stackexchange)
+# TODO later support unpacked zip too
+###
+
+# TODO just merge all of them and then filter?.. not sure
+
+from ..core.common import Json, isoparse
+from typing import NamedTuple, Iterable
+from datetime import datetime
+class Vote(NamedTuple):
+    j: Json
+    # todo ip?
+
+    @property
+    def when(self) -> datetime:
+        return isoparse(self.j['eventTime'])
+
+    # todo Url return type?
+    @property
+    def link(self) -> str:
+        # vote target
+        l = f"https://{self.j['siteId']}/"
+        t = self.j['target']
+        if t == 'Comment':
+            # for comments, these work?
+            # - https://meta.stackexchange.com/posts/comments/943975
+            # - https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5436/direct-link-to-a-comment#comment943975_290757
+            #                                            ^question id                         ^comment id ^answer id
+            # hmm, this loads very raw comments without the rest of the page?
+            # - https://meta.stackexchange.com/posts/27319/comments#comment-57475
+            #
+            # parentPostId is the original quesion
+            #    TODO is not always present? fucking hell
+            #    seems like there is no way to get a hierarchical comment link.. guess this needs to be handled in Promnesia normalisation...
+            # postId is the answer
+            l += f"posts/comments/{self.j['commentId']}"
+        elif t == 'Post':
+            # https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/14841/180307
+            # https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/14871/180307
+            # https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/16756/180307
+            # shit. links generated by stackexchange are not hierarchical
+            # on the other hand seems that it works without the last bit (/180307)
+            # ok, 'a' works even for questions
+            l += f"a/{self.j['postId']}"
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError(f'Unexpected type {t}')
+        return l
+
+    # todo expose vote type?
+
+import json
+from ..core.kompress import kopen
+from ..core.error import Res
+def votes() -> Iterable[Res[Vote]]:
+    # TODO there is also some site specific stuff in qa/ directory.. not sure if its' more detailed
+    # todo should be defensive? not sure if present when user has no votes
+    with kopen(
+            config.gdpr_path,
+            'analytics/qa\\vote.submit.json', # TODO what the fuck is wrong with these separators
+            encoding='utf-8-sig', # not sure why, but seems necessary for this data
+    ) as fo:
+        for r in reversed(json.load(fo)): # they seem to be in decreasing order by default
+            # TODO implement check method that would go through all properties and emit errors?
+            yield Vote(r)
+
+
+from ..core import stat, Stats
+def stats() -> Stats:
+    return stat(votes)
diff --git a/my/stackexchange/stexport.py b/my/stackexchange/stexport.py
index 7150b1e..8dfee73 100644
--- a/my/stackexchange/stexport.py
+++ b/my/stackexchange/stexport.py
@@ -5,10 +5,19 @@ REQUIRES = [
     'git+https://github.com/karlicoss/stexport',
 ]
 
-# TODO use GDPR?
+### config
+from my.config import stackexchange as user_config
+from ..core import dataclass, PathIsh, make_config
+@dataclass
+class stackexchange(user_config):
+    '''
+    Uses [[https://github.com/karlicoss/stexport][stexport]] outputs
+    '''
+    export_path: PathIsh  # path to GDPR zip file
+config = make_config(stackexchange)
+###
 
 from stexport import dal
-from my.config import stackexchange as config
 
 
 # todo lru cache?
@@ -18,6 +27,7 @@ def _dal() -> dal.DAL:
     return dal.DAL(inputs)
 
 
+# TODO not sure if should keep the sites separate.. probably easier to filter after than merge
 def site(name: str) -> dal.SiteDAL:
     return _dal().site_dal(name)