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I'm confused, how is it a definite violation of GDPR and who do you think is doing the violating? How would the handling of periods be relevant? Why wouldn't it
by morsch 5y ago
I'm confused, how is it a definite violation of GDPR and who do you think is doing the violating? How would the handling of periods be relevant? Why wouldn't it just be user error? People send emails to the wrong address all the time. They'll keep doing it, unless you tell them, which you may or may not want to, because they might be embarrased or angry.
Here's Google's relevant support page: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10313 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10313
- secondcoming 5y agoI'm in the EU and it's GDPR violation to send someone else's personal info to a third party without permission. Regarding the usernames, for example gmail seems to treat 'firstname.lastname@gmail.com' as being the same as 'firstnamelastname@gmail.com' Further than that I don't know. All I do know is that I occasionally get legitimate emails intended for other people, and I suspect others may be getting mine.
- drc500free 5y agoYes, gmail treats those the same. Which means there is no valid email address belonging to someone else that is the same as yours other than periods. People are just mistyping email addresses, it happens all the time.