Re: New Website: State of the review / pending issues

From: Julien Blanc (julien.blanc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-03-05 11:10:33

Le 2024-03-04 13:50, Ion Gaztañaga via Boost a écrit :

> 5) GDPR: A issue was filed 
> (https://github.com/boostorg/website-v2/issues/960), and there was a 
> discussion in the ML about not having any analytics tool to avoid 
> cookie banners or a couple of analytic tools that were compliant with 
> GDPR. The github issue was resolved stating that:
> 
> - Google Analytics was removed and Plausible was deployed (e.g. no 
> cookies. IP addresses are anonymized with a hash function and rotating
> salt value),
> 
> - YouTube Embed on the homepage was changed to an external link to the 
> video.
> 
> I understand that with those changes the site is GDPR-compliant. Is 
> that right?

I can't give a definitive (ie, legal) answer on that. But it does look 
good enough, yes. Good enough in the sense that if a GPDR non-conformity 
arise, good faith can be claimed. Especially given that most sites, 
including european ones, have very lower standards.

Regards,

Julien