From b5133dd97f693ca213b30f4f3e874e9ab3958ea7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brendan Abolivier Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 16:31:59 +0100 Subject: Explain better what GDPR-erased means (#8189) Fixes https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8185 --- docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/admin_api') diff --git a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst index d6e3194cda..e21c78a9c6 100644 --- a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst +++ b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst @@ -214,9 +214,11 @@ Deactivate Account This API deactivates an account. It removes active access tokens, resets the password, and deletes third-party IDs (to prevent the user requesting a -password reset). It can also mark the user as GDPR-erased (stopping their data -from distributed further, and deleting it entirely if there are no other -references to it). +password reset). + +It can also mark the user as GDPR-erased. This means messages sent by the +user will still be visible by anyone that was in the room when these messages +were sent, but hidden from users joining the room afterwards. The api is:: -- cgit 1.4.1