JWeinCom said:
Personal data is defined as... "The data subjects are identifiable if they can be directly or indirectly identified, especially by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one of several special characteristics, which expresses the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, commercial, cultural or social identity of these natural persons. In practice, these also include all data which are or can be assigned to a person in any kind of way. For example, the telephone, credit card or personnel number of a person, account data, number plate, appearance, customer number or address are all personal data."
I don't think any of this data is provided to VGChartz unless the person posts it voluntarily, and nobody has to provide it in order to use the site. And VGChartz isn't making any data available to my knowledge unless a user posts it. Pretty sure the personal data laws are more for data you provide to a website in expectation it will be private. Otherwise, it would be impossible to comply. If you post something personal, and then someone quotes it in their reply, what exactly can be done? Unless VGC is responsible for somehow scrubbing everything personal you said that might have been quoted. Not a lawyer either, but I am a law student. I don't really see any liability here. |
