General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) EMAIL

[Christel]

The following was emailed to all users of F-B UK however some has not received the email due to it being rejected for various reasons.

Some have not received the email because their email address is invalid.

Please read the message and react accordingly. Email us at admin(at)full-bore.co.uk. Do not PM.

The following is an e-mail sent to you by an administrator of "The UK's
Finest Independent Forum for Shooters and Gun Owners". If this message is
spam, contains abusive or other comments you find offensive please contact
the webmaster of the board at the following address:

admin@full-bore.co.uk

Include this full e-mail (particularly the headers).

Message sent to you follows:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect May 25,
2018.

To help comply with GDPR consent requirements, we need to confirm that you
would still like to be a member of Full-Bore.

Please reply to this email letting us know either way, if we hear nothing
from you then we will delete your account.

Regards,
F-B UK Team


--
Thanks, the Full-Bore UK Management Team.

Please read and understand the forum rules posted in the New Member's forum
along with the specific rules in each forum's yellow header panel before
posting.

[stottycake]

Done.

[Geek]

Replied.

[TattooedGun]

I received it. Seems a bit abrupt to suggest that all members must email to keep their account. surely posting shows that they want to continue to engage with the forum.

I would prefer not to be deleted...

[Christel]

TG,

Unfortunately the higher powers who have dreamed this GDPR up insist that consent must be given, actively given.

It is one of many regulations that protects the individual and makes life incredibly complicated for many.

[Mattnall]

The way I understand it, it should only affect how the company uses your info, ie in marketing etc, not our membership of a forum (because by signing up we have already expressly given our consent to receive the forum pages).

A great point of the new regulations is I should now stop getting GDPR emails!

[safetyfirst]

[Odd Job]

The way I understand it, it should only affect how the company uses your info, ie in marketing etc, not our membership of a forum (because by signing up we have already expressly given our consent to receive the forum pages).

It's not about whether the site owners use the data for marketing or not. As soon as they collect any data on an EU resident, whether it was an email address or IP address, they fall under the GDPR.
Even if they have no intention on using the data for marketing, they have to advise the user what data they hold and for what purpose. It also applies to tracking (things like Google analytics embedded in web-pages).
If you ever chose to leave the board you could also demand that the site owner delete every trace of your data from their database.
You can also demand from the site owners a copy of the data they hold on you at any time.