What kind of informations should we collect?

[kirbiyik]

I'd like to propose a principle. The less data we collect about user, the more we respect their privacy. It also applies for security issues, the user will be exposed less in a data breach if there is less info about her/him in the system.

Let's start removing birthdate field from sign up screen. I am open to any other ideas.

[atifemreyuksel]

Omer, I totally agree with you but I cannot find another unnecessary field like birthdate in sign up. So, I think we can only remove birthdate field to apply this principle.

[cerob]

The more data we collect, the more accurate our recommendation and search system are. We should ask these questions:

• What are governmental regulations that we have to follow?
  • GDPR of EU
  • Turkey's status in GDPR
  • Attitude of other states
• How much do users themselves care for their privacy and which percent of them wants us to be more respectful to their privacy?
• Can't we provide wide space to users and make those space optional so anyone wants more privacy can have and anyone doesn't have freedom of sharing?

[kirbiyik]

Very good points.

How much do users themselves care for their privacy and which percent of them wants us to be more respectful to their privacy?

I think we should fight for privacy even if users are not aware of them.

What are governmental regulations that we have to follow?

This is a complex issue but we can stick to the project requirements with regards to this issue.

Can't we provide wide space to users and make those space optional so anyone wants more privacy can have and anyone doesn't have freedom of sharing?

This is the best option but requires more attention and work than other two approach.

The more data we collect, the more accurate our recommendation and search system are

I think our recommendation system should be based on users prior tastes not on gender, birthdate, etc.

[isikz]

I think, for sign up, it is thoroughly fixed; name, surname, username, e-mail, password. However, here we can remove username section. It is not about privacy I think but it gets simpler. So, user uses just his/her e-mail to log in.

[mertakozcan]

What's the final decision here? Are we going to remove birthday field?

[mertakozcan]

I've two other questions.
As we discussed in #103, are we going to add bio field to user?
Also, can we add city field to user in order to make more accurate recommendations?

[mertakozcan]

If there is no objection, I'll do these,

• Remove birthday field (not useful)
• Add optional bio field (due to requirements)
• Add optional city field (for more accurate recommendations)

[mertakozcan]

OK then, I started to make those changes. If you've anything to say about this issue, please write on Slack.