Thank you for your response, While it is indeed correct and true that Ubuntu's configuration does comply, this is more of a legal/policy bug than a technical one.
As the GDPR emphasizes privacy by design, how can Ubuntu ensure ongoing compliance if its distro is built upon a project that neglects privacy and seems to do what it wants? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1779956 Title: GDPR Compliance Status in systemd: Unknown Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: The systemd project is experimenting and working with various ideas that have privacy ramifications. This includes the work in systemd- resolved and systemd-timesyncd that creates a possibility for disclosure of personal information to Google or similar providers through default code paths. The data remitted such as client IP addresses, subdomains containing usernames or unique IDs, banking domains and similar data may be considered personal data under the GDPR and other EU law. These components are currently in a state where it is legally dubious whether they comply or can be made to comply. In particular, systemd's default configuration unless otherwise configured and compiled discloses personal information to Google without consent or methods to withdraw consent and without plain-language privacy policy. This design overall is considered flawed by the GDPR. I had reported this concern upstream as it impacts all distributions, but the systemd project has shown disinterest in working on "privacy by design" and making their work compliant. This lack of concern and future work by the systemd project may interfere with distributions' efforts to make their distributions compliant. As such, this work upstream and future work by upstream may interfere with any compliance efforts by Ubuntu to ensure compliance with the GDPR as systemd cannot be relied upon as "compliant out of the box" software. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/systemd/+bug/1779956/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
