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I still have no idea what GDPR really is.  What is it? Why do we at DA care?

We collect personal information at DA to be able to contact our members and inform them about voting and other issues.  GDPR expands the existing definition of personal data and lays out new standards regarding the use and protection of this data. In addition to this, GDPR specifies that EU residents own their personal data and can therefore control how it may be used.  

Personal data will be defined as anything that can identify an individual. This means a name, an email, an address, a phone number, credit card details, or a pseudonym, among other things.

One of the most significant changes for individuals is the right to be forgotten.  When someone asks to be deleted from the database, their request must be granted within 30 days, and all information we hold in our system about them must be deleted.  We do this anyway, but the membership administrators in each country committe should be aware of this and not permit any requests to accumulate.

We must now be even more alert and conscious of how we treat our member information.  As we finalize our compliance plans, we will keep you informed of the next steps.  We ask that all leaders take it upon themselves to keep up with any guidance and changes membership management procedures that may be distributed from International leaders, and NOT to take any unilateral actions with regard to our membership information.  Membership data should never be exported in any form into another database or a local/personal address book. If you have a question about our membership information and how to deal with it, please ask the IT Team at:
membership@democratsabroard.org.

I still have questions!!

And we have more answers!!!  This Wiki page is not meant to be the definitive source for any and all GDPR information.   We are putting together the answers to more questions that have been recently posed by our leaders and members, and we will post them as soon as we can!!!  While we are doing that, below is a list of articles and websites for your perusal.    

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