Hi folks, as you probably know, the EU mandates new data protection procedures starting May, 25th. We are in the final steps of implementation.
One concern raised was the mailing list. There is a number of uncertainties in how to handle mailing lists. Unfortunately, Adiscon is not a big entity with our own lawyers, so we intend to play it safe (otherwise it can quickly get very expensive here). We need at least to do - remove the mailing list archive this was disabled today; I don't consider it a big deal as many other sites archive the list as well; our own archive did not even show up very well on Google. - change the "reply-to" traditionally, the list response was set to respond to the list, as to facilitate the discussion. There was already controversy in Germany if this is actually permitted or not under German law. With the new law, we finally consider it too risky and so we will change this so that replies are sent to the individual poster. THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO "REPLY TO ALL" IN THE FUTURE TO ENSURE YOU CONTINUE TO GET A FLUID DISCUSSION. Sorry for that measure - I don't like it, but again it's too risky otherwise. I will implement this change most probably a bit later today. Note that there is still some discussion if it is required that everyone once again opts in into using the mailing list. Should we be advised that this is indeed the case, I will need to unsubscribe everyone. If so, I'll send a note along and you need to once again sign up to the list. Some more minor tweaks may need to be done, but if so it's probably things that you don't even notice. Sorry for the hassle, but that's how law has progressed and, as I said, we need to take a risk-avoiding approach even though not all measure may be strictly necessary. Rainer _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
