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You don't think that if it were anything to do with GDPR it would have at least rated a sentence on their closure page? So why try and make a conspiracy theory
by oldcynic 8y ago
You don't think that if it were anything to do with GDPR it would have at least rated a sentence on their closure page? So why try and make a conspiracy theory of it?
- downandout 8y agoWikispaces has operated for 13 years. It isn't the least bit curious to you that they are announcing its closure less than a month before GDPR comes to life, complaining that "...[bringing the] code in line with modern standards is very substantial"?
- gerdesj 8y agoCode != data Do I really have to spell it out?
- downandout 8y agoUmm..wut? The code that controls how data is handled must be entirely rewritten. Also, code has to be written to enable new functions dictated to us by our friends in the EU, such as being able to easily delete and/or download all data submitted to the site.
- oldcynic 8y agoSounds more like they are unable to maintain the code since the TES takeover. Perhaps from having a fraction of the former team or being an unmaintainable fur-ball? TES are a long standing UK company so Wikispaces will have already been subject to the Data Protection Act if there is any possible GDPR angle. DPA wasn't so different, GDPR just adds, modernises and adjusts.