Dear Andreas, Thank you for your email, and sorry to hear that. Please, is there any requirements to fulfill for this? I would like to volunteer and join this Data Protection Team. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards, Christian Nzhie. On Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at 5:31 AM Rahulkrishnan R A <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > Thank you for your email. I would like to join in the Data Protection Team > as a volunteer, Could you please let me know thanks > > Regards, > > Rahulkrishnan R A > > On Fri, 2 Jan 2026, 07:51 Andreas Tille, < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear developers, > > >> the Data Protection Team urgently needs new members. >> >> The Data Protection Team was started in 2018 in the light of new >> European data protection legislation, to provide a point of contact for >> external queries about what data Debian holds, and to advise Debian >> members about the project's data protection obligations. The team drew >> up the public privacy policy[0], and has passed on requests from >> individuals as appropriate. >> >> All three delegated members of the Data Protection Team have now stepped >> back from this task. I would like to sincerely thank Jonathan McDowell >> (noodles), Tollef Fog Heen (tfheen), and Matthew Vernon (matthew) for >> their work on the team. As they have stepped back from the role, their >> delegation is hereby revoked. >> >> The fact that all team members have stepped back at the same time should >> make it clear that we urgently need new volunteers to fulfil this role. >> >> Despite a constructive discussion at Debconf this year, no-one has come >> forward to join the Data Protection Team, and the existing team have all >> resigned. This means that currently any data protection enquiries come >> to the DPL, who already has too much to do. >> >> If you're interested in data protection / privacy, and would be >> interested in improving the existing privacy policy and working with >> teams who process personal data to improve the workflows for handling >> data protection-related requests, then please get in touch! >> >> Andreas >> Debian Project Leader >> >> [0] https://www.debian.org/legal/privacy >> >>
