Some online services enable completely anonymous communication and don't know where their users come from (e.g., swissjabber.ch operates this way). Do we know if the GDPR applies to such services?
Peter
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 12:31:55PM -0600, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
Some online services enable completely anonymous communication and don't know where their users come from (e.g., swissjabber.ch operates this way). Do we know if the GDPR applies to such services?
If it's truly anonymous then the GDPR is not applicable, but you need to be careful that's definitely the case - things like usernames and IP addresses are potentially personal information that would let you link back to an individual.
J.
On 4/13/18 2:40 AM, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 12:31:55PM -0600, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
Some online services enable completely anonymous communication and don't know where their users come from (e.g., swissjabber.ch operates this way). Do we know if the GDPR applies to such services?
If it's truly anonymous then the GDPR is not applicable, but you need to be careful that's definitely the case - things like usernames and IP addresses are potentially personal information that would let you link back to an individual.
Good point. It's an open question whether any service is truly anonymous...
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