So if I understand GDPR correctly: If I want a service/business to remove all my personal data, they have to comply with it in a certain timespan or get in trouble with the law.

If I understand federation correctly: All posts get replicated on federated instances all over the fediverse.

My question: If I e.g. want lemmy.world to remove my data, all my posts etc are still up on lemmy.ml right? As they just have a copy of these posts?

Would I as a customer have to contact every single instance to get my data removed? Or how does GDPR compliance work with lemmy?

Or am I completely misunderstanding how GDPR works?

  • oatmilkmaid@possumpat.ioEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Someone correct me if I’m wrong but GDPR doesn’t apply fully to small organizations (less than 250 employees) and mostly only applies if you offer goods and services which is not the case if you’re running a Lemmy instance. If you’re an instance owner with no employees because you’re not a registered business of any sort, you’re not on the hook for anything

    Then again, I am neither European or knowledgeable in GDPR so someone please correct me if I’m wrong.

    Edit: I am wrong see below

    • Hotzilla@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 year ago

      This is incorrect, GDPR is any registery, company size or even profit/nonprofit is not relevant. Even it being digital/in paper is not relevant. If EU citizen is identifiable in registery, it must comply with GDPR.

      • Dodecahedron December@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 year ago

        And you know the first thing devs do when they start writing code? They look up laws drafted by non technical people to ensure they are fully in compliance. The priority of lemmy all this time has been GDPR compliance, the fact that the app looks and functions similar to reddit is an afterthought.

        • newIdentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          1 year ago

          It’s not like the devs care about laws since one of the main motivations of creating Lemmy was to create a space where pirated media could be shared. That’s why [email protected] exists

          Dessaline said that multiple times in the past before Lemmy gained such traction. He’s also the dev of TorrentCSV

          • Dodecahedron December@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            1 year ago

            1 contributor’s opinion and the existence of one community does not an argument make.

            the devs don’t care about laws, if you want to put it so broadly, because the devs aren’t the ones who would get in trouble here, anyway. instance owners would likely catch the most trouble, especially because you can also add your own gdpr compliance if you want to.

            also most devs aren’t facebook. most devs don’t really care too much about tracking users. the commercial sector on the other hand…