[OSM-dev] Working with OSM data with less or no metadata
Christoph Hormann
osm at imagico.de
Wed Feb 14 14:45:53 UTC 2018
On Wednesday 14 February 2018, Michael Reichert wrote:
>
> All challenges are run four times, one iteration with full metadata,
> one with timestamp and version fields, one with version field only
> and one without any metadata. [...]
While this seems a useful test to do i wonder how the timestamp and
version fields are relevant regarding privacy and personal data
protection?
I know a possible answer could be that in combination with personal data
(like user names or ids) it would provide additional information on
people. But this argument applies to *any data* including the geometry
(i.e. coordinates) and tags.
So what is the special thing from a legal standpoint about versions and
timestamps compared to geometries and tags?
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Christoph Hormann
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