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Re: [Sks-devel] About deleting keys
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David Benfell |
Subject: |
Re: [Sks-devel] About deleting keys |
Date: |
Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:00:17 -0800 |
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Johan van Selst <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>It doesn't matter if the information is verified. Users are asked for
>their name and email address, which is considered personal data
>(according to EU definitions) and keyservers are processing and storing
>this data. Thereby, keyserver operators are subjected to the data
>protection laws. The validity of the data is not relevant, neither is
>the intention of the operators (commercial or otherwise).
>
Except that the keyserver does *not* make this request. That is done on a
user's own machine. Everything else in this argument becomes a legal 'theory',
which is a nice way of saying 'speculation'.
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