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Re:We bootstrapped our open source Google Analytics alternat... by y4mi on Saturday November 06, 2021 @08:07PM (#29135083)
I should've realized this earlier but I think I understand now the reason for the confusion.

GDPR handles all kinds of data related to a person, so yes: a username is personal data wrt GDPR

personally identifiable information (PII) on the other hand is only a subset of data handled by the general data protection regulation (GDPR)

This might clear that up https://techgdpr.com/blog/difference-between-pii-and-persona...

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Re:We bootstrapped our open source Google Analytics alternat... by number6 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @01:21AM (#29137029)
Yes! I used PII and Personal Data synonymous and didn't realise that PII is a subset of personal data. I am glad you took the time to correct me. Man I feel stupid now...
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