Lumpy Burgertushie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:46 am
I would be willing to bet that most board owners never change the standard TOS that comes with phpbb.
That's right, most do not change anything, and when reading this, sometimes you get the impression that the registration concerns a forum run by phpbb, not by the owner of that forum;)
But phpBB can also be used for serious things. I have seen many forums for large companies based on phpBB. So you can not be so carefree. Especially if it is a commercial activity. It is enough that on the forum are adverts or it is run by a company and it is already treated as a commercial forum.
Lumpy Burgertushie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:46 am
also, most probably just delete accounts when they become inactive for a certain length of time and/or when they consistently break the board rules and don't bother to even inform the user.
Probably yes, so, I ask here, I ask professionals not hobbyists how do you resolve this problem. This is especially important for the protection of personal data. Such regulations were earlier but different in different countries. At present, the same law will apply throughout the EU, so an appropriate approach can be developed for the whole of the EU. Just as COPPA has been built into core phpbb. Although everyone will do as he likes anyway
AmigoJack wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:13 am
I never delete accounts, but instead either ban or deactivate them. [...] preserving their names and e-mail addresses [...]
Do you have a legal basis to store this personal data then? Unless there are other legal requirements in your country.
In other topics I deal with registration and consent issues, here i am writing about deletes the account by admins.
In any case, enabling the registration of a natural person on the forum, we become automatically the administrator of personal data, and from this arise legal consequences.
This can not be ignored even if we run a small website.
Maybe I will ask in this way ...
Do any of you notifying the user that he will delete his account for some reason? Does any of you have this procedure described in forum's regulation?
Regards