Post by Admin on May 20, 2018 14:48:04 GMT
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union. It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to citizens and residents over their personal data and it extends this protection worldwide through very strong penalties (up to 20 million Euros or 4% of turnover) to any corporation or individual who misuses data they have been entrusted with electronically. You may have read about this and will certainly have been contacted recently by banks, insurance companies, shopping networks and other providers to whom you have given your personal details.
Below is a post on the ProBoards User Support Forum by the founder and CEO of ProBoards explaining what they have done to meet this requirement
Post by Patrick Clinger on May 9, 2018 at 9:02pm
ProBoards has updated its Privacy Policy, effective May 9th, 2018. You can review it at www.proboards.com/privacy. We are currently in the process of sending emails to all users regarding this update.
Has ProBoards changed how it uses my data?
No.
I didn’t receive an email about a Privacy Policy update. Why?
If you registered on ProBoards after our policy updated, you would have already agreed to the updated policy, so no email would be sent to you.
If you registered before the update, it is likely that the email is still in the queue to send to you. This process may take up to two weeks due to the millions of users that we are contacting. The email will simply direct you to our Privacy Policy at www.proboards.com/privacy.
I’ve never had a ProBoards account or heard of ProBoards, why did you email me?
ProBoards has hosted millions of communities over the years. While you may not remember specifically joining ProBoards, you likely joined one of our many communities that we host, or you may have created a forum yourself at www.proboards.com. You do not need to take any further action.
What is GDPR?
You can read more about GDPR here: www.eugdpr.org
I no longer use ProBoards, why did you still email me?
Even though you may no longer use our service, we have a record of your email address. Since we updated our Privacy Policy, we believed it was important to contact you to notify you of the update. No further action is required.
I would like a copy of my posts, how do I do that?
You can download copies of your posts by logging in at www.proboards.com. Then under the Account drop down menu select Account Settings. Scroll down to Export Member Data and then click the blue Export link and follow the instructions displayed on screen.
How does ProBoards collect, use, and share my information?
This is thoroughly detailed in our Privacy Policy at www.proboards.com/privacy.
ProBoards has updated its Privacy Policy, effective May 9th, 2018. You can review it at www.proboards.com/privacy. We are currently in the process of sending emails to all users regarding this update.
Has ProBoards changed how it uses my data?
No.
I didn’t receive an email about a Privacy Policy update. Why?
If you registered on ProBoards after our policy updated, you would have already agreed to the updated policy, so no email would be sent to you.
If you registered before the update, it is likely that the email is still in the queue to send to you. This process may take up to two weeks due to the millions of users that we are contacting. The email will simply direct you to our Privacy Policy at www.proboards.com/privacy.
I’ve never had a ProBoards account or heard of ProBoards, why did you email me?
ProBoards has hosted millions of communities over the years. While you may not remember specifically joining ProBoards, you likely joined one of our many communities that we host, or you may have created a forum yourself at www.proboards.com. You do not need to take any further action.
What is GDPR?
You can read more about GDPR here: www.eugdpr.org
I no longer use ProBoards, why did you still email me?
Even though you may no longer use our service, we have a record of your email address. Since we updated our Privacy Policy, we believed it was important to contact you to notify you of the update. No further action is required.
I would like a copy of my posts, how do I do that?
You can download copies of your posts by logging in at www.proboards.com. Then under the Account drop down menu select Account Settings. Scroll down to Export Member Data and then click the blue Export link and follow the instructions displayed on screen.
How does ProBoards collect, use, and share my information?
This is thoroughly detailed in our Privacy Policy at www.proboards.com/privacy.
