Comment on Lemmy's Image Problem
SupraMario@lemmy.world 5 months agoWhat personal data is being processed by a Lemmy instance, what are they processing that’s being sold in the EU? The GDPR does not apply here, stop trying to wiggle it into something it’s not.
maynarkh@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Usernames at the very least.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Usernames are not PII…the GDPR only applies if someone is making money from the service. It does not mean just because your site is free but hosts ads or sells user data it’s exempt. Lemmy instances do none of this.
maynarkh@feddit.nl 5 months ago
What do you think an online identifier is then? And why would the GDPR only apply if there is money made? It specifically says in multiple places free services also count.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 5 months ago
www.ibm.com/topics/pii#:~:text=Personally identif….
Usernames are not and never have been considered pii
The GDPR states it clearly that the company/entity has to be collecting pii or selling something to the person. Lemmy does neither of these.