[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52970: Improve text in help tabs of Personal Data Exporter/Eraser

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#52970: Improve text in help tabs of Personal Data Exporter/Eraser
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 Reporter:  dimadin                              |       Owner:  marybaum
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.9
Component:  Help/About                           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing needs-       |     Focuses:  privacy,
  screenshots                                    |  ui-copy
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Comment (by paapst):

 Replying to [comment:29 marybaum]:

 The law differentiates between the right of data portability (exporting
 data) and the right to be forgotten (deleting/anonymising data).

 The right to data portability allows individuals to obtain and reuse their
 personal data for their own purposes across different services. It allows
 them to move, copy or transfer personal data easily from one IT
 environment to another.

 The right only applies to information an individual has provided to a
 controller. So this indeed means **not all of the data** a controller has
 collected have to be included in the export.

 Exporting data is in legal terms, not the same as deleting or anonymising
 personal data. With exporting data the controller is still allowed to keep
 and use a copy of the data itself. So this is why you can not use the
 following help text when describing the export:  Privacy Laws around the
 world require businesses and online services to **delete, anonymize, or
 forget** all the data they collect about an individual. That particular
 text only applies to the right to be forgotten.


 The right to be forgotten (or the right to erase) gives individuals the
 right to have personal data erased. The right is not absolute and only
 applies in certain circumstances.

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