[Chapter-delegates] Chapter Membership Cancellation Notifications

[Peter Koch]

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 02:34:39AM -0500, Joly MacFie wrote:

> Technically, for those Chapters who, like us, maintain a separate announce
> mailing list, should we be doing a similar opt-in procedure to be GDPR
> compliant after May 25, or does ISOC's opt-in cover us?

technically, without speculating about the reasons for the notices
you received, ISOC's "opt-in" can hardly be considered GDPR compliant.
It uses "consent" where it shouldn't and combines this with all
kinds of data processing of questionable necessity, e.g., 

  We automatically collect certain technical information when you visit our Sites, such as type of browser, operating system version and Internet protocol or IP address; and

  The Sites may collect certain anonymous information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; pages that you access while at the Site, and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to the Site. We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. This information is used to help improve the Site, analyze trends, and administer the Site.

Therefore, as a chapter residing in Europe, we have a compliance issue
should we require our chapter members to remain ISOC members and
thereby forcing them to "opt in" to the clauses above (which serve as examples here).
Apart from that, we of course need to do our own homework, so the ISOC global membership
isn't the only issue, but it's an important one.  How have other (European)
chapters solved this?

Regards,
   Peter