You are probably talking about the new GDPR regulations which will be
coming into effect from the end of May:
Until that time the existing data protection regulations are in force
which are much more relaxed and as far as I am aware there are no
issues.
I am assuming after May Mark (and Yahoo) will have to abide by the GPDR
requirements when storing and transferring data. He has not commented
to date but no doubt is aware of the new regulations.
But you have till the end of May, which is plenty of time to do the
transfers before the regulations come into force.
Dave
On 13 Feb 2018 at 11:33, Jim Betz wrote:
Hi,
? I didn't give you enough information to answer me ...
? The group I'm talking about has over 10,000 members.? That means that
simply isn't possible to get 'authorization' from all of the E.U.
members.
? Will we try?? Of course we will.? But in the end we are going to have
to transfer the group without having heard from each and every member.?
So we can't -know- we have their permission.? Can they opt out
themselves?? Yes.? That's not the issue.? The issue is about
transferring an individual person's membership (who lives in the E.U.)
from yahoo groups to groups.io.
? The real question is "does transferring someone who is in the E.U.
actually violate the E.U. regs (laws?) related to privacy?". These
regs/laws, as I understand it, are related to 'spam' and other
undesirable aspects of using the web.
? I can not disclose who told me about this - it was told to me in
confidence. - Jim B.
Dave Sergeant