RoyalEngineering@lemmy.world RoyalEngineering@lemmy.ml

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  • Yes I think you’re right, but also IANAL. From what I learned in a mandatory class at work, I think the GDPR only covers commercial activity. GDPR is supposed to protect citizens when engaging in commerce:

    an entity or more precisely an “enterprise” has to be engaged in “economic activity” to be covered by the GDPR.

    Lemmy doesn’t charge a subscription fee or sell ads (yet), so it’s acting as a kind of personal messaging system for communicating between people. The GDPR explicitly says it doesn’t regulate personal messaging systems like email. I think Lemmy would fall under that exemption clause.