New keyserver at keys.openpgp.org - what's your take?

Stefan Claas sac at 300baud.de
Wed Jun 26 10:19:38 CEST 2019


Werner Koch via Gnupg-users wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:54, gnupg-users at gnupg.org said:
> 
> >> Theres simply one point: "If you do not want your email to be public, don't
> >> upload your key to a server."
> >
> > What if I upload your key to a server though? Keep in mind this is not just
> > a "nice to have", it is a legal requirement.
> 
> For whom, the holder of the mail address, the uploader, or the
> responsible person for thge keyserver?
> 
> Please cite the section from the GDPR and the, say, German
> implementation along with relevant commentary to show why this is a
> legal requirement.

Maybe article 17 makes it clear that at least people have the right
that their data has to been deleted, which is with the old model not
possible.

https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/

Regards
Stefan






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