Is the default privacy policy updated for the GDPR and can I leave it as is?

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I am setting up a Discourse instance for a community in Germany. Going through the documents generated by the default installation, I found the privacy policy, but at least the German version states:

Dieses Dokument ist als CC-BY-SA lizenziert. Es wurde zuletzt aktualisiert am 31. Mai 2013.

Which translates to:

This document is licensed under CC-BY-SA. It was last updated on May 31, 2013.

Does this mean the default privacy policy does not take GDPR into account, which became law and applicable much later?

Can I expect the German version of the default privacy policy to comply with all current regulations in Germany? I am having difficulty creating my own, as I am not aware of all the things Discourse does.

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We have written an extensive document about the GDPR with respect to Discourse forums. It’s more about what you are doing with Discourse. https://www.communiteq.com/kb/your-discourse-forum-and-the-gdpr/

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Our privacy policy at Privacy policy | Discourse - Civilized Discussion takes into account GDPR.

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@michaeld Thank you, the GDPR document is really helpful!

@HAWK I can see that this privacy policy takes into account GDPR. Does that mean the German translation was just simply never updated?

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I suspect that is the case, yes.

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The stock privacy policy that comes with Discourse hasn’t been updated since 2013 even in English. I don’t know how it would need updating, if it even really does.