Alex Ledante
We have all been wondering about the changes to this site lately, but today I got this email that I wanted to share with those who didn’t get it, and also to open it up as a discussion forum
As you are aware, the European General Data Protection Regulation(“GDPR”) will come into effect in a few days on May 25, 2018. GDPR applies to European organizations and in certain circumstances may apply to non-European organizations. We at Virily are committed to transparency and secure processing of our users’ personal data and have invested efforts for many months in becoming compliant with GDPR and implementing the required changes within the organization. We have updated our Privacy & Cookies Policy to reflect and apply the requirements of GDPR.
So they are certainly aware of and are attempting to be in compliance with the GDPR. They’ve also gone through the trouble of bringing their changes to our attention- a move which I couldn’t applaud more
We might deduce from this email that the new reply policy is influenced by sections 9 & 10, but neither mentions a requirement for individual reply consent, or why this couldn’t be handled once at login or even simply covered by an updated EULA
However, it is clear that Virily intends to be in full compliance with the GDPR and thus may still be in the process of updating their site and practices. Therefore these tasks are taking precedence over other bug fixes like the tracking bug
I haven’t checked my email yet. Well, now we know why. Thanks Alex.
this post is almost a year old
Well dang it. I didnt notice the time stamp obviously.
de nada, but it surprised me that this post got a bunch of views and comments all of the sudden…
Virilys “You might like this”. Thats how I found it.
let us hope things will be normal soon.
this shouldn’t be an issue any longer, this post is about a year old
Am I the only one who didn’t check their email? I’ll take a look, thanks for keeping us updated!
You are most welcome. I’ve got your back…
I think all members receive this email and it’s a good move to inform, and at the same time give us more appropriate assumptions space about the current conditions.
I am fairly certain that the notification of compliance with the GDPR is itself a requirement of the GDPR…
Yes, that’s for sure! I have received several emails about GDPR from various sites.
So the notification we got from Virily may not reflect the policy change we’re hoping for…
I do not know for sure, but I choose to prejudice well, hopefully…
I think I heard something about it on the news from National radio. I didn’t comprehend that would imply changes to the Virily website as well.
Actually, like you – Im glad about that.
I think the GDPR is a critical step forward in personal privacy. The US can barely keep the rights to privacy that they have left…
I’ve gotten the email too … and I really thought its good that they’re finally communicating things
Of course, they don’t need to tell us every little thing but it is nice to hear about the big stuff
Haha, problem is they don’t tell us 80% of the things that affects us!!
But let’s hope this is a good start
Yes, let us hope that they will be adopting a policy of disclosure and transparency
Yes I received the email as well. And it sounds like it’s all good.
I wouldn’t go that far, but it could be a positive sign and it might explain why things are the way they are. Certainly the admins don’t owe us an explanation but a heads up about policy changes or a “please bear with us, we’re experiencing technical difficulties” when warranted would go a long way…
I was hoping it was a good sign. Silence is deafening on here.
Yes, it is quite disturbing…