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   From: ngf.christian@gmail.com   
      
   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    
   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, <   
   > tille@debian.org> 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   
   >>   
   >>   
      
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