terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy.md

@@ -128,20 +128,18 @@ April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing
 of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive
 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
 
-If you contribute to any project on the Website, you make the following
-acknowledgement and attestation:
-
-> As part of my voluntary contribution to any
-  code base, I acknowledge and agree that my name and email address will
-  become embedded and part of the repository, which may be publicly available. I
-  understand the removal of this information would be impermissibly destructive
-  to the project and the interests of all those who contribute, utilize, and
-  benefit from it. Therefore, in consideration of my participation in any
-  project, I hereby waive any right to request any erasure, removal, or
-  rectification of this information under any applicable privacy or other law and
-  acknowledge and understand that providing this information is a requirement
-  under the agreement to contribute to projects. 
-
+As part of your voluntary contribution to any
+project, by agreeing to these terms, you are acknowledging and
+agreeing that your name and email address will become embedded and part of
+the repository, which may be publicly available. You understand the removal
+of this information would be impermissibly destructive to the project and the
+interests of all those who contribute, utilize, and benefit from it.
+Therefore, in consideration of your participation in any project, you
+understand that retaining your name and email address, as described above,
+does not require your consent and that the right of erasure, as spelled out
+in the GDRP Article 17 (1) b does not apply. The legal basis for our lawful
+processing of this personal data is Article 6 (1) f ("processing is necessary
+for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller").
 
 See also our [privacy policy](#privacy-policy).