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A hypothetical question: 

If we bring over the left side of the email in SSO (mattie.krop@company.com → mattie.krop) it forces the name of the user. It’s a better user experience in terms of auto-registering folks, but how does this play into privacy laws. I’m sure it depends on the privacy statements clients already acknolwege when it comes to use of platforms, but when they opt-in to give you their info it’s not necessarily to be used in a broader community. 

It might seem trivial, but chopping off that email to see a first name could still feel like a breaking of boundaries. 

How have your teams handled this situation? Did you opt to simply have people manually register themselves the first time (at minimum having to choose their own username) they come in through SSO? 

 

 

@Mattie K We are going through this exact scenario now. Did you get a solution?

Would you mind sharing what is the current flow for you?

Thanks in advance.

 

FYI @jessmorales 

 

 

I don’t think we’d generally recommend doing this, unless the community is 100% private.  Regulations like GDPR could definitely be a concern, and next to that, some people may simply not want to have their real names visible in a public space.  Even if your community is 100% private, you could run into a challenge if you were to decide to open up your community later on.  

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