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How is the Arctic Vault different from any other offsite backup? I suppose one issue is that you (presumably) can't request deletion from it (which may even be
by Retr0id 5y ago
How is the Arctic Vault different from any other offsite backup?
I suppose one issue is that you (presumably) can't request deletion from it (which may even be a GDPR violation).
Edit: I looked up the relevant GDPR stuff, apparently there's an exemption for when "erasing your data would prejudice scientific or historical research, or archiving that is in the public interest.", which it arguably includes the Arctic Vault.
- dheera 5y agoGDPR only applies to EU users.
- Retr0id 5y agoArctic Vault includes code written by EU users, and there is similar legislation in non-EU jurisdictions, e.g. California's CCPA
- corty 5y agoThere is an exception paragraph for various kinds of archives in GDPR: https://www.privacy-regulation.eu/en/article-89-safeguards-and-derogations-relating-to-processing-for-archiving-purposes-the-public-interest-scientific-or-hi-GDPR.htm https://www.privacy-regulation.eu/en/article-89-safeguards-a...