[Advocacy Advisors] EU Data Protection Reform / "Right to be forgotten" softened

Fri Jan 11 18:51:43 UTC 2013

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On 11/01/13 10:06 AM, Jan Engelmann wrote:
> No, our concerns weren't paranoid at all. Have you even read the 
> initial Draft Poposal? OK, let's shift the scenario from a 
> WP-article about a public figure to personal data embedded in user 
> pages or discussion pages. Then any erasure based on data 
> protection claims would affect the consistency of the whole 
> project. Aren't we worried about authors' retention all the time? 
> Here is another reason why. And how do you judge the surveillence 
> program deriving from Art 17.2? Do you think a volunteer community 
> which is already concerned with maaany copyright and personality 
> rights issues could handle that? And please, AGF. J

I believe it has already been mentioned: we already do this stuff. I
also mentioned I am not as familiar as I should be with the proposal,
but most likely the communities can (and will, if the proposal is
implemented) develop methods to comply with the surveillance program.
Again, we already do.

I wonder more if the proposal is balanced and implementable, if
compliance is measurable, and what incentives and disincentives it
provides. On the face of it, the synopses suggest it should be
supported by the WMF though it does not go as far as our communities
already do.

Amgine
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