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[Kristina Hoeppner <732971@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With the GDPR we are only looking at the right to be forgotten at
personal content created in a learner's portfolio area, but not in the
group area. The group area is a collaboration and thus not strictly
always personal. It gets a bit murky. Until there is more information
available on how to deal with group content, it would be best to put
something into the privacy statement and say that group content is not
deleted automatically.

Please see the comment on
https://wiki.mahara.org/wiki/Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/GDPR_compliance
#Nice-to-have_technical_changes :

"Before group content is deleted though, it might be good to have it in
a pending state so that the group admin can review the request to
prevent students deleting content that they shouldn't because other
group members still need it or where the content has proper license that
allows re-use for example. Comment: The definition of 'personal data to
be deleted' is quite vague because exactly what 'personal data' is, is
defined by a data controller in practice. There are also arguments
supporting preservation of data that is group content on the basis of
not infringing on the rights of others, but collaborative works are not
really covered in the GDPR on any level. Giving an administrator the
choice to delete or not delete would provide suitable functionality from
Mahara's perspective."

In regard to you being allowed to make copies of student pages before
they are deleted: Best check with them. We implemented the approval of
deletion of personal accounts so an institution could review things.
This is not available for groups yet due to the different status there.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/732971

Title:
  Backup groups and group data

Status in Mahara:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Discussion at http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=2987

  Currently, only individual portfolios can be backed up as HTML web
  site and as Leap2A file. However, views, files and discussions in
  groups can't be backed up. Views and files can be transferred into
  one's individual portfolio and backed up from there, but if you have
  many group views / files that can be quite cumbersome.

  It would be easier if groups could be backed up. Backup options could be:
  - entire group as HTML web site
  - (series of) individual pages as HTML and Leap2A so that they can be imported into one's own portfolio later
  - only forum discussions as HTML web site

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