On 25 Jan 2018 at 23:03, Shal Farley wrote:
Jim,
> ... and someone being transferred automatically from Yahoo groups or
> elsewhere. The latter could possibly be problematic under GDPR, and
> may lead Yahoo to prevent it to protect themselves.
It isn't clear how they would prevent it. Short of removing the Manage
Members list as a feature.
I agree, There's no obvious solution.
> ... but I think the main problem would be theirs for passing on
> personal details without prior permission.
While the law might consider Groups.io's transfer agent a "third party"
in a way that is distinct from the group moderators (who may also be
considered third parties), as a practical matter it is the role of
moderator that gives the transfer agent access to the information.
So it would seem a bit odd to hold Yahoo accountable for the transfer of
information, even though their systems gave up the info, because those
systems were operating under (what would appear to Yahoo as) proper
authorization.
We could see lawyers having protracted (and lucrative for them) arguments over
that sort of thing.
Jim
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