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submitted 1 year ago by tk338@lemmy.one to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

I'd be really keen to host a lemmy instance but just wondering with GDPR and everything, if there is anything else to consider outside of the technical setup and provisioning of hardware?

Lemmy is storing users data so is there any requirement to do anything GDPR wise?

Hope this is the right place for this - But seen a lot of posts interested in hosting their own lemmy instance, and this is an extension of that

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[-] rglullis@communick.news 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is storing users data

The only "personal data" that you are storing would be their email, perhaps IP addresses. As long as you are not altering your instance, placing third-party analytics or ads, you are good.

[-] feitingen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The main issue would be thay users can post personally identifiable information themselves.

For example, I can say that my social security number is 1234 and that would be personal data if it was true.

I'm not a lawyer, but i think i remember something that the gpdr rights cannot be just waived.

Since the user can just delete their own posts, it shouldn't be a problem, but what do I know.

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