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Re:Updating a 50 terabyte PostgreSQL database (2018) by KptMarchewa on Monday March 22, 2021 @06:51AM (#26539075)
Just to add to this: GDPR does not apply here.
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Re:Updating a 50 terabyte PostgreSQL database (2018) by detaro on Monday March 22, 2021 @08:02AM (#26539631)
That's a bad way of putting it: GDPR obviously applies, but it permits storing data that needs to be stored due to other legal obligations. If "GDPR didn't apply", it would also loose all the other protections GDPR provides, which it doesn't.
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Re:Updating a 50 terabyte PostgreSQL database (2018) by wdb on Monday March 22, 2021 @07:06AM (#26539198)
Yups, that's correct
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