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One forum I run (going to run) is for on the site of the allotments I have an allotment at.

I have counted out handling applications, payments etc. through the site, but want to include a forum for general discussion and information.

I thought of allocating user names based on the plot holders first name and their plot number, ie mine would be Steve5.
This has several advantages (would know what area of the site the person was in even if you did not know them personally, and there are 4 Steves :) )

There is no publicly viewable list of plot numbers and full names (I do the site map, there is a list of first names against plot numbers on that)

Some people my be identifiable by looking at their facebook profiles, and that is where the legislation appears to become muddy, as by taking the first name from my site (to which only members would have access) you could then go through the facebook group and look for that first-name, and it it was there, workout who the Steve5 was on my site.
The only personal information the site would store would be their email address for notifications and initial registration.

The site s-is a WordPress site, and it is stated as being GDPR compliant, but I an not really interested in getting involved with it.

Any ideas where I stand?


Although I value personal opinion, I would like to see answers that reference the relevant parts of the legislation :)
 
As placeholder "names", why not just use their plot number.
 
Nod said:
As placeholder "names", why not just use their plot number.
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It would be nice to know Peter from Paul if you walked past and saw them there. It is surprising how little you see of other plot holders, but just the plot number is a possibility.
 
I know what you mean but if GDPR means you can't use their names, the placeholder would sidestep the problem and those who wanted to be identifiable could add their name if they wanted to.
 
Nod said:
I know what you mean but if GDPR means you can't use their names, the placeholder would sidestep the problem and those who wanted to be identifiable could add their name if they wanted to.
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Agreed yes, hence my question.
When we discussed this last hear, the comment was that it would start looking like an old Bond film with just the numbers used :)
 
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I can see that the holder of plot 7 might be happy if you went for a 3 digit numbering system!
 
Nod said:
As placeholder "names", why not just use their plot number.
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It doesn't matter. I work with data where we assign a randomised 24 character string to users. This is still classed as personal data because with access to our highly secure membership database you can figure out who is who.

You would only be exempt if there was no way at all of allocating the days to a person. And then your data would be useless for your purposes.
 
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