GDPR is not the “Right to be forgotten” and doesn’t say you are not allowed to collect and use personal data. It says that you are allowed to do it only with the person’s agreement and only when it is necessary. I think that fulfilling the requirements of the CC license chosen by the observer, and taking advantage of this licence even after the user departure, justifies to attach a name to the observations.
Do we need an explicit “Right to be forgotten” option when deleting an account (for keeping or deleting the observations under the terms of CC)?
iNaturalist will always allow users to entirely delete their content (even when iNat has the right to go on publishing their content, or part of it, depending on which license applies to which content).
I am afraid that few persons took this decision that impacts many many users (present or future). Is there a regulation for such important decision-making?
Why other users must suffer all the consequences of iNat renouncing to do what was authorized by a former user.