JW Data Protection Policy

by dropoffyourkeylee 1 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Just discovered something that is worth a comment or two:

  go to JW.org and type in the search box 'data protection'. I had a conversation with an elder who told me that they are directed to purge some files pertaining to people who are ex-JWs and have been disfellowshipped over a prescribed number of years

  . This was news to me and he mentioned the data protection policy online.

  edited to add the following link

  https://www.jw.org/en/privacy-policy/global-policy-personal-data/

  Which contains information which seems to contradict the elder's statement.

  
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  Anony Mous

  It depends on jurisdiction and their website policy has nothing to do with it. Some countries/states/areas will require the purging of old ‘customer’ records. In some cases they will need affirmative consent, in other places there is a time period, in some it is ‘on demand’.

  As privacy laws become more engrained, they already had to adjust the policies around return visits, not-at-home and do-not-call registries they used in public service.