GDPR Troll Shuts Down Drone CI Forum

bradrydzewski 2018-05-28 19:23:48 UTC #1

Dear Drone Community,

Drone has begun receiving formal GDPR compliance requests. As an open source project I do not have the time or resources to process these requests, nor am I willing to pay for legal counsel out-of-pocket to advise on such matters and draft formal policy documentation.

I have therefore decided to shutdown this forum effective July 1 and have disabled new account creation effective immediately. We will transition this mailing list to /r/droneci which is better equipped to ensure ongoing compliance with data privacy regulations. Please understand that I am not making a political statement for or against GDPR. I simply believe this is the easiest, most cost-effective path toward compliance.

Please note that we will continue to offer Enterprise Support via our Slack channel.

gboddin 2018-05-28 23:11:56 UTC #3

@bradrydzewski I believe they detail everything to do to be compliant here https://www.discoursehosting.com/your-discourse-forum-and-the-gdpr/ no ? (using a search/replaced version of https://meta.discourse.org/privacy for tos) ?

But trust me … I understand the administrative nightmare …

bradrydzewski 2018-05-29 01:04:50 UTC #4

I do appreciate the links. The gdpr documentation is quite long and I lack the domain expertise to read and comprehend the document in full. Perhaps this is cultural, since the United States is a very litigious society, but I would not feel comfortable accepting liability for gdpr compliance without consulting an attorney. It is also unclear how I am expected to respond to DPA execution requests (what the hell is a DPA request?), which I have already received, and what penalties I could face if I fail to provide a sufficient response. Overall, it just seems like outsourcing to StackOverflow or Google Groups makes more sense. This way I can focus my time on making Drone better, as opposed to becoming a legal expert

laszlocph 2018-05-29 12:18:04 UTC #5

The sad part is losing this knowledgebase completely.

Github issues have links to the old forum, then there was the Gitter period, and now losing this forum. Doesn’t send a good message

bradrydzewski 2018-05-29 14:32:44 UTC #6

The knowledge base can be archived, and Stack Overflow will still provide an avenue to share knowledge and receive support from volunteers. The great thing about Stack Overflow is that there is no administration required, and ownership and administration is much more decentralized. Stack Overflow also supports a feature called Stack Overflow Documentation to which the current knowledge base may be transferred.

gboddin 2018-05-29 16:02:15 UTC #7

bradrydzewski 2018-05-30 06:56:11 UTC #8

Unfortunately I am told I may not permitted to transfer ownership. The Discourse software collects some personally identifiable and sensitive data (username, email, IP and github token for oauth login) and I do not have authorization to transfer ownership of this data to a third party. Such a transfer could be considered a violation of GDPR without having consent.

ogarcia 2018-05-30 07:10:07 UTC #9

Why not do a Subreddit? It works like discourse and can have moderators.

cedk 2018-05-30 10:23:19 UTC #10

But maybe you may “delegate” the operational to a “sub-contractor” who will take the responsibilities.

bradrydzewski 2018-05-30 15:06:42 UTC #11

But maybe you may “delegate” the operational to a “sub-contractor” who will take the responsibilities

bradrydzewski 2018-05-30 16:44:16 UTC #12

https://www.reddit.com/r/droneci

bradrydzewski 2018-05-31 18:58:42 UTC #13