Merge pull request #7 from dotkernel/issue-6

anonymization page

docs/book/v5/core-features/account-anonymization.md

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Account anonymization
+
+According to the GDPR, companies that record personal data from EU citizens must delete said data if its owner requests its deletion.
+An alternative is to anonymize the data, according to [this article](https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rules-business-and-organisations/dealing-citizens/do-we-always-have-delete-personal-data-if-person-asks_en).
+
+## What is 'personal data'?
+
+According to [this article](https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/what-personal-data_en), personal data is:
+
+- A name and surname.
+- A home address.
+- An email address such as [email protected].
+- An identification card number.
+- Location data (for example the location data function on a mobile phone).
+- An Internet Protocol (IP) address.
+- A cookie ID.
+- The advertising identifier of your phone.
+- A phone number.
+- Data held by a hospital or doctor, which could be a symbol that uniquely identifies a person.
+
+Out of the box, Dotkernel Frontend saves the user's name (firstname and lastname) and email (identity).
+This personal data is used for emails related to password reset and account activation.
+
+## Anonymization
+
+The anonymization process makes these replacements:
+
+- The firstname and lastname are replaced with `anonymous` concatenated with the current UNIX timestamp, e.g. `anonymous1725980747`.
+- The email is replaced with `anonymous` concatenated with the current UNIX timestamp and the value in `userAnonymizeAppend`, e.g. `[email protected]`.
+- The avatar image and its database record are deleted.
+
+The `userAnonymizeAppend` key can be set in `config/autoload/local.php` or left empty.
+
+Note: setting `userAnonymizeAppend` to an email domain would work as a catch-all email, if your email service provider has this option enabled.

mkdocs.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ nav:
           - "Dependency Injection": v5/core-features/dependency-injection.md
           - "Languages": v5/core-features/languages.md
           - "CSRF": v5/core-features/csrf.md
+          - "Account anonymization": v5/core-features/account-anonymization.md
 site_name: frontend
 site_description: "DotKernel Frontend"
 repo_url: "https://github.com/dotkernel/frontend"