Hi Andreas, Thank you for your email. I would like to join in the Data Protection Team as a volunteer, Could you please let me know thanks
Regards, Rahulkrishnan R A On Fri, 2 Jan 2026, 07:51 Andreas Tille, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear developers, > > the Data Protection Team urgently needs new members. > > The Data Protection Team was started in 2018 in the light of new > European data protection legislation, to provide a point of contact for > external queries about what data Debian holds, and to advise Debian > members about the project's data protection obligations. The team drew > up the public privacy policy[0], and has passed on requests from > individuals as appropriate. > > All three delegated members of the Data Protection Team have now stepped > back from this task. I would like to sincerely thank Jonathan McDowell > (noodles), Tollef Fog Heen (tfheen), and Matthew Vernon (matthew) for > their work on the team. As they have stepped back from the role, their > delegation is hereby revoked. > > The fact that all team members have stepped back at the same time should > make it clear that we urgently need new volunteers to fulfil this role. > > Despite a constructive discussion at Debconf this year, no-one has come > forward to join the Data Protection Team, and the existing team have all > resigned. This means that currently any data protection enquiries come > to the DPL, who already has too much to do. > > If you're interested in data protection / privacy, and would be > interested in improving the existing privacy policy and working with > teams who process personal data to improve the workflows for handling > data protection-related requests, then please get in touch! > > Andreas > Debian Project Leader > > [0] https://www.debian.org/legal/privacy > >
