[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44215: Personal data exports - Empty values are included in the report

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#44215: Personal data exports - Empty values are included in the report
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 Reporter:  bor0                                 |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                 |  Review
Component:  Privacy                              |     Version:  4.9.6
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback has-          |     Focuses:
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Changes (by desrosj):

 * version:  trunk => 4.9.6


Comment:

 I am wondering if leaving empty values in the reports is important. The
 site is technically storing data on the user, the string is just empty.
 This could be significant in certain contexts.

 In your example there are `0`s. A `0` (which is falsey or can be
 considered empty) could indicate that a user has no orders or no published
 posts. An empty string could mean that they did not provide a URL on their
 profile. A user meta field could be stored for `speaks_english` and be set
 to `false` or `0`.

 So in certain contexts, these empty values may be important.

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