[perlgeek]

I also ran a public IRC logger (mostly in and around the perl/raku communities, but also other channels).

Simplify figuring out if IRC logs fall under GDPR was nearly impossible to me, so I shut down some time ago. (It might have violated earlier privacy regulations as well, hard to tell).

Lots of people offered their opinion on that topic, but when it goes to court, none of those opinions matter. Hiring my own lawyer seemed too expensive, and nobody who asked me to continue running it offered to pay for a lawyer either. Tough luck.

[kirstenbirgit]

what do you imagine would have happened if you kept it running?

[perlgeek]

There's a 80% chance that nothing would have happened, a 15% chance that people would complain about the privacy implications but won't do anything about it, and a 5% chance that somebody takes action and I get some sort of legal citation/penalty/whatever.

All percentages estimations only, of course :-)