The Internet Archive: The Double-Edged Sword of Information Freedom and Privacy

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@TsengGames

GDPR does in fact apply to publicly available information though, as their definition for personal data is “any information relating to an identified or identifiable person” while making personal data available is likely beyond just indexing and there are likely other laws that cover that, though by doing so you would still have to index and store said data, so Article 17 would apply in most cases.

Sorry but I doubt that. At least when it’s for public utility purposes, journalists can absolutely share deleted tweets from someone, for example. I might be wrong, but it would seem extreme for anyone to be able to wipe off the web things they publicly said for public viewing (definition of social media). If you have a court case saying otherwise, I am open to it.