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So .... github, sourceforce, bitbucket. When someone asks to delete their data do all their commits have to be deleted or edited to remove their name from the c

So .... github, sourceforce, bitbucket. When someone asks to delete their data do all their commits have to be deleted or edited to remove their name from the commit logs? How about changelog if the project has one? Comments from source? I'm guessing you'll say "no, because they agreed to open source their data" but how is that any different from agreeing to so-and-so's terms of service? In the same manor what happens to wikis and wikipedia when a user wants to delete their data? If the data was copied by another user does that data become their's to keep or does that need to be deleted too? Example: Jill sends Karen Jill's address via Facebook. Jill want's all of Jill's data deleted from Facebook. Does Jill's address she sent to Karen have to be deleted? Pictures? Pre-internet that data would be on a piece of paper in Karen's possession. Now it's less clear as it's really in Facebook's possession and Karen just has access to the data on Facebook's servers. As Karen I'd be upset if what I considered my data (my copy of Karen's address) to be deleted but is that clear in the GDPR?

guitarbill 9y ago
Let's stop coming up with stupid, stupid examples where you have spend more time thinking about how to troll than thinking how the GDPR applies. (Hint: The right to erasure is not absolute, and applies to personal data.)
- tokyodude 9y ago
  And what is personal data? this problem exists even without the GDPR, my question is does the GDPR make it law in the EU. In Google Docs if Jill shares a document with Karen and then Jill deletes her account Karen will lose access to the Jill's document. That situation doesn't map to the real world where sharing a document meant Jill sending Karen a physical copy. Personally I consider it a bug given it doesn't fit expectations from the real world. If a document shows up in Karen's files it's Karen's copy of that document. Karen shouldn't have to track which docs are actual copies and which are still considered Jill's. In any case given it's possible to delete Jill's data from Google is Google required to delete the document from Karen's account even if Karen has made a copy? Where is this covered? It's not really Karen's copy, both are Google's copy. It's on their servers. This is not trolling. This is trying to understand the GDPR.
  - guitarbill 8y ago
    What, just like you don't "own" software, you buy a license which can be revoked at any time? The digital world doesn't map to physical concepts any more. Even before the GDPR, Google has always been able to shutter your account for various ToS violations, and you better hope you had backed it up.
    - tokyodude 8y ago
      What happens at google is irrelevant except to demonstrate the issue. The question is whether or not the GDRP REQUIRES that Jill's copies she sent to Karen get deleted from Karen's account.

guitarbill 9y ago

Let's stop coming up with stupid, stupid examples where you have spend more time thinking about how to troll than thinking how the GDPR applies. (Hint: The right to erasure is not absolute, and applies to personal data.)

tokyodude 9y ago
And what is personal data? this problem exists even without the GDPR, my question is does the GDPR make it law in the EU. In Google Docs if Jill shares a document with Karen and then Jill deletes her account Karen will lose access to the Jill's document. That situation doesn't map to the real world where sharing a document meant Jill sending Karen a physical copy. Personally I consider it a bug given it doesn't fit expectations from the real world. If a document shows up in Karen's files it's Karen's copy of that document. Karen shouldn't have to track which docs are actual copies and which are still considered Jill's. In any case given it's possible to delete Jill's data from Google is Google required to delete the document from Karen's account even if Karen has made a copy? Where is this covered? It's not really Karen's copy, both are Google's copy. It's on their servers. This is not trolling. This is trying to understand the GDPR.
- guitarbill 8y ago
  What, just like you don't "own" software, you buy a license which can be revoked at any time? The digital world doesn't map to physical concepts any more. Even before the GDPR, Google has always been able to shutter your account for various ToS violations, and you better hope you had backed it up.
  - tokyodude 8y ago
    What happens at google is irrelevant except to demonstrate the issue. The question is whether or not the GDRP REQUIRES that Jill's copies she sent to Karen get deleted from Karen's account.