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Is Wordpress.org GDPR Compliant?
A few weeks ago, I got a chance to speak truth to power. I used my WordPress.org account to sign in to the official WordPress.org Slack where the various WordPress dramas were being discussed. After a brief chat about the latest shenanigans, I publicly replied to the CEO: Here's a link to the full exchange There was no reply forthcoming - although, as you can see, my message gathered a fair few positive reactions. As was inevitable, the next morning I found myself locked out of the Slack.…
There are a list of GDPR exemptions- but they mostly relate to things like the detection of crime, academic and journalistic exemptions, health and social work data, etc. I take this to mean that either Matt personally swung the ban-hammer, without discussing it with anyone else, or that a flunky wanted to protect their master's ego and took unilateral action. WordPress.org is personally owned by Matt Mullenweg The website processes millions of users' data, yet has no GDPR policy.
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