<nettime> and the GDPR, sort of

[nettime mod squad <nettime@kein.org>]

Dear Nettimers,

Most of us have been drowning in emails asking us to confirm or
simply continue to consent to being part of this or that mailing
list, newsletter, etc.

Now that the deadline has passed and the laws are in place, it's
as good a time as any to remind everyone that <nettime> isn't a
legal entity. It can't have (let alone enforce) a meaningful
data-use or data-protection policy beyond what's stated in the
footer of every nettime post, including this one. Since February
of 1996, that footer has said -- 22 years ahead of the GDPR -- "no
commercial use without permission."

We don't collect, store, or use personal data beyond the email
address which you provided to us by subscribing. To this address
we send out a copy of every email sent to the list. And, as the
footer states, nettime's Twitter bot, @nettime_bot, tweets email
with the sender info unless #ANON is in Subject:". We don't know
if that address belongs to you, your dog, or a bot. We don't track
whether the email actually arrives, let alone if anyone or
anything reads it. If you want us to think that you actually
exist, you have to write something to the list.

However, we also don't protect that data. Anything you send to the
list, will automatically end up in the public archive. If you
include personal information in your email -- for example a
telephone number in your signature -- it'll end up in that public
archive. Anyone who wants to can create their own archive, and
make it public or private however they like. Quite a few exist,
with no known connection to the list itself.

So, in the spirit of 1995, we don't track you -- but you own your
own words. Use them wisely.


    -- the mod squad (Felix Stalder and Ted Byfield)

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