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Careful. This is getting into GDPR territory.
by johnchristopher 5y ago
Careful. This is getting into GDPR territory.
- AussieWog93 5y agoIn what way?
- johnchristopher 5y agoArticle 4-11: > Consent of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her. And 6-1: > Processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that at least one of the following applies: > the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes; So whether consent is given or not depends on what people would write in their HN bio next to their email.
- AussieWog93 5y agoI'm not a lawyer, but I don't think Googling a person's email address and contacting them in regards to something they posted on HN qualifies as "processing of personal data".
- johnchristopher 5y agoThis is exactly what GDPR is for. https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/what-constitutes-data-processing_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/refo... > Examples of processing include: > [..] > sending promotional emails*; > [..]