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Drupal.org's GDPR compliance statement

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Our global community includes many EU citizens and residents of the EEA, and we have taken steps to comply with the GDPR which takes effect on May 25, 2018.

Your rights under this law and how Drupal.org complies with GDPR

We've updated our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Git Contributor Agreement, and Digital Advertising Policy based on the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. We've also begun a campaign to reconfirm your consent to our marketing messages.

For easy and clear access to the changes: 

Human Readable Summary

Disclaimer: This summary is not itself a part of the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Git Contributor Agreement, or Digital Advertising Policy, and is not a legal document. It is simply a handy reference for understanding privacy rights and regulations. Think of it as the user-friendly interface to the legal language.

In plain language, regulations such as GDPR define the following roles, rights, and responsibilities:

  • Data Subject - this is you, the end user.
  • Data Controller - this is us, the Drupal Association as the owners and operators of Drupal.org and its sub-sites.
  • Data Processor - any other organization that processes personal data on behalf of the Data Controller.

Rights of the Data Subject

  • Right to be Informed - A data subject has the right to know whether personal information is being processed; where; and for what purpose.
     
  • Right to Access - A data subject has a right to access the information about them that is stored by the Data Controller.
     
  • Right to Rectification - A data subject has the right to correct any errors in the data about them. This can be done by editing your user account, or contacting the Drupal Association directly.
     
  • Right to Restrict Processing - A data subject has the right to request that data not be processed, and yet also not be deleted by the Data Controller.
     
  • Right to Object - A data subject has the right to opt out of marketing, processing based on legitimate interest, or processing for research or statistical purposes.
     
  • Right to be Forgotten - Also known as the right to revoke consent, the right to be forgotten states that a data subject has the right to request erasure of data, the cessation of processing by the controller, and halting processing of the data by third party processors.

    The conditions for this, as outlined in article 17, include the data no longer being relevant to original purposes for processing, or a data subjects withdrawing consent.

    It should also be noted that this right requires controllers to compare the subjects' rights to "the public interest in the availability of the data" when considering such requests.

  • Data Portability - A data subject has the right to receive a copy of their data in a 'commonly used and machine readable format.'

    This information is outlined in the sections below titled "Your Choices About Use and Disclosure of Your Information" and "Accessing and Correcting Your Information".

Responsibilities of the Data Controller and Data Processors

  • Privacy by Design - 'The controller shall..implement appropriate technical and organisational measures..in an effective way.. in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation and protect the rights of data subjects'. Article 23 of the GDPR calls for controllers to hold and process only the data absolutely necessary for the completion of its duties, as well as limit the access to personal data to those who need it to carry out these duties.
     
  • Breach Notification - The Data Controller must notify the appropriate data processing authority and any affected end user of any breach that might result in 'risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals' within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach.

    A Data Processor must notify the Data Controller of any breach 'without undue delay.'

  • Data protection officer - A Data Controller or Processor must appoint a Data Protection Officer when: a Data Controller represents a public authority; or the core operations of the Controller require regular and systematic monitoring of Subjects on a large scale; or when the Controller's core operations depend on processing a large scale of special categories of data (including but not limited to health data, criminal conviction information, etc).
     

    The Drupal Association's core operations do not require the Association to establish a Data Protection Officer.

We take privacy and security very seriously, as all Drupal professionals do! We will continue analyzing the legal landscape and collecting feedback for future revisions.

If you have any questions or concerns about our GDPR compliance, or if you want to point out a mistake or provide a suggestion for the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Git Contributor Agreement, or Digital Advertising policy, you can send an email to [email protected].

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