GDPR made searchable by Algolia

#1

Post by vvoyer » Thu, May 03, 2018, 1:48 PM UTC

GDPR made searchable by Algolia
gdpr.algolia.com

Re: GDPR made searchable by Algolia

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Post by amelius » Thu, May 03, 2018, 2:34 PM UTC

This makes me wonder how Algolia deals with GDPR.

For instance, if a user requests their data to be removed, how fast can this be reflected in Algolia's indices, and in the instant-search?

Re: GDPR made searchable by Algolia

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 03, 2018, 2:44 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

This makes me wonder how Algolia deals with GDPR. For instance, if a user requests their data to be removed, how fast can this be reflected in Algolia's indices, and in the instant-search?

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Re: GDPR made searchable by Algolia

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Post by redox_ » Thu, May 03, 2018, 2:55 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

This makes me wonder how Algolia deals with GDPR. For instance, if a user requests their data to be removed, how fast can this be reflected in Algolia's indices, and in the instant-search?

Indexing is an asynchronous process so while the data won't be deleted as soon as the deletion API call returns, the data will be deleted shortly after. Usually we're talking about hundreds of milliseconds or a few seconds. This is pretty much the same for all search-engines.

Algolia also exposes a "task" API endpoint to check the state of an indexing operation and to be able to "wait" until the operation has actually been processed. This is for instance what is used in unit tests where we need to wait until the indexing operation has been processed to continue testing.

Then for GDPR; if one of Algolia's customers receives a "personal data deletion" request on their side, it's of course their responsibility to forward it to Algolia using the deletion API (and a few seconds later it will be removed from all indices).

Re: GDPR made searchable by Algolia

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Post by jacquesm » Thu, May 03, 2018, 2:56 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

This makes me wonder how Algolia deals with GDPR. For instance, if a user requests their data to be removed, how fast can this be reflected in Algolia's indices, and in the instant-search?

And for an encore: Does Algolia have a data processing agreement in place with HN?

Re: GDPR made searchable by Algolia

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Post by jacquesm » Thu, May 03, 2018, 2:58 PM UTC

This:

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-da...

Also has a search function and is a bit closer to the horses mouth.

Re: GDPR made searchable by Algolia

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Post by nrjames » Thu, May 03, 2018, 3:00 PM UTC

This is great and would be even better if it included the official adopted guidance from the working groups. For example, this is a very useful document:

http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/item-detail.cfm?item_...

Re: GDPR made searchable by Algolia

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Post by maxyme » Thu, May 03, 2018, 3:05 PM UTC

Not sure if Algolia doesn't generally work on mobile but this page is unusable on my Galaxy S8 in Chrome. See https://imgur.com/a/SEP6qdo

Re: GDPR made searchable by Algolia

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Post by the_mitsuhiko » Thu, May 03, 2018, 3:15 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #5

amelius wrote: post #2

This makes me wonder how Algolia deals with GDPR. For instance, if a user requests their data to be removed, how fast can this be reflected in Algolia's indices, and in the instant-search?

And for an encore: Does Algolia have a data processing agreement in place with HN?

You would need to ask YC to disclose this. They have a dpa ready to sign.

Re: GDPR made searchable by Algolia

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Post by iampims » Thu, May 03, 2018, 3:20 PM UTC

maxyme wrote: post #8

Not sure if Algolia doesn't generally work on mobile but this page is unusable on my Galaxy S8 in Chrome. See https://imgur.com/a/SEP6qdo

Same on iOS. It’s unusable.