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# Account anonymization | ||
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## Premise | ||
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According to the GDPR, companies that record personal data from EU citizens must delete said data if its owner requests its deletion. | ||
An alternative is to anonymize the data, according to [this article](https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rules-business-and-organisations/dealing-citizens/do-we-always-have-delete-personal-data-if-person-asks_en). | ||
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## Definition | ||
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### What is Personally identifiable information? | ||
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According to [this article](https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/what-personal-data_en), Personally identifiable information (PII) is: | ||
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- A name and surname. | ||
- A home address. | ||
- An email address such as [email protected]. | ||
- An identification card number. | ||
- Location data (for example the location data function on a mobile phone). | ||
- An Internet Protocol (IP) address. | ||
- A cookie ID. | ||
- The advertising identifier of your phone. | ||
- A phone number. | ||
- Data held by a hospital or doctor, which could be a symbol that uniquely identifies a person. | ||
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Out of the box, Dotkernel API saves the user's name (firstname and lastname) and email (identity). | ||
This personal data is used for emails related to password reset and account activation. | ||
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## Process | ||
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### Anonymization | ||
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The anonymization process makes these replacements: | ||
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- The firstname and lastname are replaced with `anonymous` concatenated with the current UNIX timestamp, e.g. `anonymous1725980747`. | ||
- The email is replaced with `anonymous` concatenated with the current UNIX timestamp and the value in `userAnonymizeAppend`, e.g. `[email protected]`. | ||
- The avatar image and its database record are deleted. | ||
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The `userAnonymizeAppend` key can be set in `config/autoload/local.php` or left empty. | ||
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> Using an email domain for `userAnonymizeAppend` would work as a catch-all email, if your email service provider has this option enabled. |
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