XF 2.3 Taking Forum offline - how to backup/save

[Alvin63]

I'm taking one of my forums offline completely. What is the best way to do this, while saving/backing it up in case I want to put it back online again please?

Presumably I need to delete it in the server to take it offline? Is there somewhere I can save or download it before doing so? Thanks.

 

[chillibear]

To be fair even privacy policies (EU GDPR) seem to require a lot more detail than most people actually put in - ie most people don't put postal addresses, etc. in if they don't have a company layer between them and their trolls users. It doesn't surprise me the OSA has similar requirements.

Do you agree?

My reading of the actual law (not a lawyer) was that an individual running a zero profit site could be liable for a fine of up to £18M. Obviously unlikely a court would apply a fine that high to an individual, but in theory. Does somewhat make incorporating a limited company (even with the costs of running one) as a layer of protection tempting for the individual.

 

[CedricV]

An 18m fine isn’t happening by a small breach. Now if you’d were to continuously take no action to several breaches, making it a life and death situation and worse, then yes, I could see that 18m fine happening.

But ya’ll are still overreacting.

Take it serious yes. Take it as serious as your life depends on it - no.

Just use your common sense and you won’t come to a situation where you’d be fined 18m.

 

[robt]

I don't disagree with that - my (laboured) point is that it is unhelpful to give incorrect definitives to people making these live decisions.

There is a lot of wrong info out there on the OSA, and to be very wrong on one of the headline elements isn't great.

Ltd / CICs can be options to mitigate personal risk but they come with overheads or issues themselves.

My view is that it is needless law for peoples who have operated fora for sometimes 25+ years with no issue that the law is trying to solve.

 

[Suzanne O]

My view on this is to prune any old threads that could be a problem and do a part 2. Then prune them again after a month of monitoring it.
Just to show you're doing something about it.
I know your choice is to follow many others and not have your forum open.
That's fine btw, the way how i've done mine is completely different.
I've pruned mine back.
I've deleted users as well who complained about it.
But now that i've done this i feel better for it.
Not only it is complying with UK law it is complying with Australian law.

 

[Suzanne O]

An 18m fine isn’t happening by a small breach. Now if you’d were to continuously take no action to several breaches, making it a life and death situation and worse, then yes, I could see that 18m fine happening.

But ya’ll are still overreacting.

Take it serious yes. Take it as serious as your life depends on it - no.

Just use your common sense and you won’t come to a situation where you’d be fined 18m.

Nah he's following some others who he follows because they're all worried about the impact of UK forum software that is being used in a way where it shouldn't.