Miraheze to Shut Down

Re:Miraheze to Shut Down by aerio on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:25PM (#36365787)

Yeah, speaking as a European tech lead; GDPR was a pain in the butt a few years ago when it was introduced - and all client websites had to be retroactively fitted with cookie systems, routines had to be implemented, stuff had to be learned, etc.

Once sites are planned with it in mind from the get go it's really no big deal, and huge for the end user.

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Re:Miraheze to Shut Down by duskwuff on Friday June 16, 2023 @09:29PM (#36366254)

For a wiki farm like Miraheze, GDPR/CCPA/etc compliance is fairly easy. MediaWiki collects fairly little personal data about users, and there are well-defined methods for the site operator to export or delete that data if a user requests that they do so.

Besides, that all kicked in years ago. It's not a new concern.

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Re:Miraheze to Shut Down by Nemo_bis on Saturday June 17, 2023 @05:07AM (#36368555)

Cookies were regulated by the ePrivacy directive back in 2009. The case raised above is about someone who had access to see the users' IP address. Handling training and authorisations for people with access to personal data is an ongoing job, not something you do once and forget.

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