About GDPR for Aurora
Khoros Communities support for GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). GDPR is a data protection regulation that aims to give individuals higher control over how their personal data is collected and used. Using GDPR, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission intend to strengthen data protection for all individuals in the European Union. The regulation is intended to go into effect on the 25th of May 2018. This means that organizations that collect and use personally identifiable data of individuals must comply with the GDPR guidelines by the 25th of May 2018.
GDPR applies to any organization functioning within the European Union (EU), as well as any organizations functioning outside the EU that offer goods or services to customers or businesses within the EU.
GDPR aims to ensure that the personal data of individuals is gathered legally with careful considerations to individual consent. It also requires organizations that collect and use personal data to ensure the safety of this data. It gives individuals greater control over deciding how their data must be collected, stored, or processed. For more information about GDPR and what it means to you, check out our GDPR FAQ.
Khoros and GDPR
Khoros supports GDPR compliance by offering ways for users to view, edit, obtain a machine-readable copy of, and delete a member’s Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or personal data.
PII deletion, when exercised, permanently anonymizes the member's PII and attributes the content to an “Anonymous User”. The “Anonymous User” had a standard username and a default avatar to distinguish itself from other users.
Managing GDPR for Aurora
GDPR Support is enabled by default for all Khoros Communities. Privacy-related tasks you can perform include:
- Enable side-wide cookie usage notification banner (admin only)
- Manage your community content and personal information