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Summary: With the GDPR regulations coming into effect in Europe on May 25th, privacy seems to be on everyone’s mind. This week, we tackle what webmentions are, using them for backfeed, and the privacy implications.
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- The Indieweb privacy challenge (Webmentions, silo backfeeds, and the GDPR) by Sebastian Greger (n.b. the comments here are worthwhile as well)
- Webmention Specification
- Philosopher reference at the end of the episode: “I want the whole world.”
Does GDPR apply to EU citizens in the United States?
Short answer. It depends but ordinarily … NO!
IANAL but the information in this Compliance Junction article seems legit. Two staff members from Pivoti covered PCI DSS and GDPR at last nights ( and at times contentious) GDPR and Privacy Event of the New Jersey Chapter of the ISC2.
So … hey Europeans. If you come to the USA and shop at the small local shops in my town, don’t expect you’re EU legal rights to be respected. The local coffee shop which has no presence in the EU and has no website that sells/service EU citizens is not subject to GDPR. If you are a local business, the local business association or chamber of commerce in your town may be the best place to get help. EU laws do NOT apply to natural persons or US only businesses doing business in the USA.
Chris Aldrich and David Shanske, I think that you will be happy to know that Webmentions should meet the intentions of the GDPR if:
they have a privacy policy in place that lists articulates the information their website collects,
if they disable any sort of analytics,
and have a way to remove/anonymise IP addresses in their database and logs,
provide a way for users to remove ordinary comments (or move those to Disqus) since Webmentions already support deletion.
I am leaning toward using the open-source Isso on this website.
Listening: An Indieweb Podcast: Episode 4 “Webmentions and Privacy”. Also on: Related
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