Recent content by Alfa-Man

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    GDPR and a Public Forum

    No out of the box forum software supports regularly deleting members forcing them to re-join after a period of time.
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    GDPR and a Public Forum

    Theres only so much we can implement. I've googled around the main Forum software's out there and none of them can clearly state they are GDPR compliant. I'd even be surprised if this Forum is actually 100% GDPR compliant.
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    GDPR and a Public Forum

    Thanks for your replies, I have some ideas for changes in mind. Even Vbulletin haven't got a clue about it, google 'vbulletin gdpr compliant' and you'll see a thread on their Forum.
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    GDPR and a Public Forum

    There's forums out there that don't send out marketing emails and not affiliated to any business, surely they would be out of any kind of GDPR compliance?
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    GDPR and a Public Forum

    Sorry but I don't agree with your last post. I see that as scaremongering. Forums would keep members data indefinitely, that's what forum posts are for. Members IP's, emails, posts, usernames are kept indefinitely, that's how forums are. What is the forum going to do here then? Delete all...
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    GDPR and a Public Forum

    It's an online public Forum. Vbulletin has no way to make members re-join/sign up or re-accept rules. We're not about to delete over 99K of members, If we stop our marketing emails we might as well close it all down as we have no other way of paying for all the servers needed. Imo these emails...
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    GDPR and a Public Forum

    Apologies if something along these lines have been posted before. Basic background. We are an online Forum that has approx 99K global members. Our Forum is online to provide support for Opensource software that we provide along with some other sections for general chat about electronics, media...
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