[digiKam-users] digikam data privacy questions

[leoutation at gmx.fr]

On 4/4/21 7:26 PM, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> Again to make it clear. Such a data protection declaration is mandatory in the
> EU. Without this data protection declaration, we would not have been able to
> access the Google Photo or Goggle Drive API again. The privacy policy is part
> of things that Google requires so that we can provide you with a plugin for
> uploading images. Facebook has completely different requirements, but we are
> no longer ready to meet them.
>
> Maik
This point is very important.
Thanks for this explanation.
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> Am Sonntag, 4. April 2021, 14:06:38 CEST schrieb leoutation at gmx.fr:
>> On 4/4/21 9:35 AM, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>>> The privacy policy on our website is generic. It is a free default
>>> template
>>> from the web. We had to add them to be able to continue using services
>>> from
>>> Google. This affects the export of images to Google Photo or Google Drive.
>>> It is clear that if you upload images to this service, they will also
>>> receive all of the metadata in this images. digiKam never sends any
>>> information about your images, metadata or anything else in the
>>> background to any server.
>>>
>>> Maik
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>> It doesn't matter if it concerns only data exported to GAFA sites
>> because sending private data to Google, Facebook, Apple or other
>> GAFA/Devil site is a choice.
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