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Lemmy and GDPR - What is the current state? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by NewBrainWhoThis@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As the Fediverse grows more and more, rules and regulations become more important. For example, is Lemmy GDPR compliant? If not, are admins aware of the possible consequence? What does this mean for the growth of Lemmy?

Edit: The question "is Lemmy GDPR compliant" should mean, does the software stack provide admins with means to be GDPR compliant.

Edit2: Similar discussion with many interesting opinions on lemmy.ml by /u/infamousbelgian@waste-of.space--> https://lemmy.ml/post/1409164

Edit3: direct link to philpo great answer-->https://feddit.de/comment/840786

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[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Charities and other types of non profits have to comply with the GDPR too. Just because you're not making any money doesn't mean you can ignore privacy law.

I think it also depends on how you tell the tax authority about your donations. There are tax rules about gifts versus donations versus income. It can easily be beneficial to report donations as income for some small company rather than pay tax over donations, depending on the country where you live. Alternatively, you could commit tax fraud and not report the donations at all, but then privacy law is probably not your biggest concern.