The regulations introduced by the European Union in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are still a concern for DSpace’s users worldwide. The DSpace Leadership Group therefore established a “DSpace GDPR Working Group” to ensure documented compliance with the GDPR regulations.
The goals of the DSpace GDPR Working Group are:
The DSpace Leadership Group emphasizes that the working group will be more successful if its membership is a good balance between technologists/developers, librarians, and repository managers. If you're consider to volunteer for this working group you can always jump in. Please contact Pascal Becker from The Library Code GmbH (gdpr@the-library-code.de).
Time and Date: First Meeting of the DSpace GDPR Working Group will take place on Friday, March 8th, 2019 at 9am UTC / 10 am CET (convert to your timezone).
Location: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://duraspace.zoom.us/my/dspace (Meeting ID: 502 527 3040). Additional connection info available on DSpace Meeting Room page.