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Has there been any discussion on how the GDPR affects EU citizens who want to setup Mastodon instances that they allow friends to register on?
by djsumdog 8y ago
Has there been any discussion on how the GDPR affects EU citizens who want to setup Mastodon instances that they allow friends to register on?
- codefined 8y agoIn a similar vein, if there is no feasible way to remove information from a service (E.G. placing data in a blockchain), does that break the rules of GDPR?
- chatmasta 8y agoProbably, but who can get sued for it?
- freeone3000 8y agoThe person running the mastadon node.
- djsumdog 8y agoAnyone holding a copy of the entire blockchain ledger? Potentially? I wonder if we'll see exchanges that will be unable to use EU servers/hosting.
- chatmasta 8y agoGiven that Citizens United set a precedent for “money as speech,” it would be interesting to try such a case on the basis of free speech.
- lokedhs 8y agoThe GDPR is an EU law, and as such it is unlikely that anyone prosecuting under it will pay any attention at all to what the US definition of free speech is.
- progval 8y agoI believe so. Article 65 does not grant such an exception. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:320...
- zaarn 8y agoI consider mastodon similar to email in that fashion. The signup page links to my privacy policy which explicitly states that they will be sending data to third parties I don't control. They will be doing so on their own choice (via the public/unlisted/private settings on a toot).
- amelius 8y agoYes, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17114784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17114784