Two of us run a Forum as a private club with members.
The GDPR seems a sledgehammer of regulations that is likely to impact (?) many Forums like ours.
I'm hoping it's not going to come to us having to close because of these new regulations. We can alter out T&Cs and find a way to get all members to accept, but I worry about those who are banned - their usernames/emails and IP addresses are retained on the database in order to help prevent re-registration, whilst others are there to help prevent spamming.
If a member, inactive, for (say) 5 years, asks for their account to be deleted, the software replaces the username with 'guest', thus breaking the link between post/thread and user.
If, however that same member requests a guaranteed deletion of all their contributions on the Forum, can the software cope - indeed can it cope if dozens of members request the same?
Does anyone with a similar Forum have any suggestions on how to move forward on the compliance with the GDPR - we certainly don't have the funding to request specific legal advise!
The GDPR seems a sledgehammer of regulations that is likely to impact (?) many Forums like ours.
I'm hoping it's not going to come to us having to close because of these new regulations. We can alter out T&Cs and find a way to get all members to accept, but I worry about those who are banned - their usernames/emails and IP addresses are retained on the database in order to help prevent re-registration, whilst others are there to help prevent spamming.
If a member, inactive, for (say) 5 years, asks for their account to be deleted, the software replaces the username with 'guest', thus breaking the link between post/thread and user.
If, however that same member requests a guaranteed deletion of all their contributions on the Forum, can the software cope - indeed can it cope if dozens of members request the same?
Does anyone with a similar Forum have any suggestions on how to move forward on the compliance with the GDPR - we certainly don't have the funding to request specific legal advise!
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