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Appendix A: GDPR SQL scripts

The following SQL scripts are used when running a version of Apteco software earlier than Q1 2018. They are essentially in pairs—one to provide a count and one to execute the action.


Cascade scripts

CS_GDPR_Anonymise_Count.sql

  • Action: Does not remove any records. Retrieves a distinct and non-distinct count of communications records to anonymise for a given URN in the Cascade database.
  • Usage: Supply a URN in line 3 of the script.

CS_GDPR_Remove_Count.sql

  • Action: Does not remove any records. Retrieves a distinct and non-distinct count of communications records to remove for a given URN in the Cascade database.
  • Usage: Supply a URN in line 3 of the script.

CS_GDPR_Remove_Execute.sql

  • Action: Caution—removes records! Retrieves a distinct and non-distinct count of communications records to remove for a given URN in the Cascade database, then removes them.
  • Usage: Supply a URN in line 3 of the script.

Facebook scripts

FB_GDPR_Anonymise_Count.sql

  • Action: Does not remove any records. Retrieves a distinct and non-distinct count of Facebook users and attributes to anonymise for a given firstname/lastname combination in the Facebook Responses database.
  • Usage: Supply values for the FirstName and LastName variables in lines 3 and 4 of the script.

FB_GDPR_Anonymise_Execute.sql

  • Action: Caution—anonymises and deletes data! For a given firstname/lastname combination, sets the following table column combinations to NULL/delete in the Facebook Responses database.

    Table Name Column Name Action
    FacebookUsers first_name Null
    last_name Null
    link Null
    name Null
    FacebookUserAttributes attribute_value Null
    FacebookEventRSVP event_rsvp Delete
    FacebookComment source Delete
    FacebookLike like Delete
    FacebookSharedPost sharedpost Delete
  • Usage: Supply values for the FirstName and LastName variables in lines 3 and 4 of the script.

FB_GDPR_Remove_Count.sql

  • Action: Does not remove any records. Retrieves a distinct and non-distinct count of Facebook users and attributes for a given firstname/lastname combination.
  • Usage: Supply values for the FirstName and LastName variables in lines 3 and 4 of the script.

FB_GDPR_Remove_Execute.sql

  • Action: Caution—deletes data! Sets the following table/column combinations to NULL/delete in the Facebook Responses database.

    Table Name Column Name Action
    FacebookUsers first_name Delete
    last_name Delete
    link Delete
    name Delete
    FacebookUserAttributes attribute_value Delete
    FacebookEventRSVP event_rsvp Delete
    FacebookComment source Delete
    FacebookLike like Delete
    FacebookSharedPost sharedpost Delete
  • Usage: Supply values for the FirstName and LastName variables in lines 3 and 4 of the script.


PeopleStage scripts

PS_GDPR_Anonymise_Count.sql

  • Action: Does not remove any records. Retrieves distinct and non-distinct counts of records that would be anonymised for a given URN and Email Address from the Communications, CommunicationsTrackingHistory, EmailResponse, EmailResponseDetails, and LiveData tables.
  • Usage: Supply values for the Urn and Email variables in lines 6 and 7 of the script.

PS_GDPR_Anonymise_Execute.sql

  • Action: Caution—removes data! For a given URN and Email Address combination, performs the following table/column actions.

    Table Name Column Name Action
    CommunicationsTrackingHistory ContentItemValue Null
    EmailResponseDetails Value Delete
    EmailResponse URN Delete
    Email Delete
    StateHistoryExternalData ColumnValue Delete
  • Usage: Supply values for the Urn and Email variables in lines 6 and 7 of the script.

PS_GDPR_Remove_Count.sql

  • Action: Does not remove any records. Retrieves distinct and non-distinct counts of records that would be removed for a given URN and Email Address.
  • Usage: Supply values for the Urn and Email variables in lines 6 and 7 of the script.

PS_GDPR_Remove_Execute.sql

  • Action: Caution—removes data! For a given URN and Email Address combination, performs the following table/column actions.

    Table Name Column Name Action
    StateHistory All items Delete
    Pool All items Delete
    JourneyHistory All items Delete
    Communications All items Delete
    CommunicationsTrackingHistory All items Delete
    EmailResponseDetails All items Delete
    EmailResponse All items Delete
    StateHistoryExternalData All items Delete
  • Usage: Supply values for the Urn and Email variables in lines 6 and 7 of the script.


Twitter scripts

TW_GDPR_Anonymise_Count.sql

  • Action: Does not remove any records. Retrieves distinct and non-distinct counts of records that would be anonymised for a given Twitter FullName and TwitterUsername from the user table of the Twitter response database.
  • Usage: Supply values for the FullName and TwitterUsername variables in lines 3 and 4 of the script.

TW_GDPR_Anonymise_Execute.sql

  • Action: Caution—removes data and records from the Twitter response database.

    Table Name Column Name Action
    user screen_name Null
    name Null
    description Null
    url Null
    profile_image_url Null
    profile_image_url_https Null
    tweet All items Delete
    retweet All items Delete
    mention_reply All items Delete
    follower All items Delete
    direct_message All items Delete
  • Usage: Supply values for the FullName and TwitterUsername variables in lines 3 and 4 of the script.

TW_GDPR_Remove_Count.sql

  • Action: Does not remove any records. Retrieves distinct and non-distinct counts of records that would be removed for a given Twitter FullName and TwitterUsername.
  • Usage: Supply values for the FullName and TwitterUsername variables in lines 3 and 4 of the script.

TW_GDPR_Remove_Execute.sql

  • Action: Caution—removes records from the Twitter response database.

    Table Name Column Name Action
    user All items Null
    tweet All items Delete
    retweet All items Delete
    mention_reply All items Delete
    follower All items Delete
    direct_message All items Delete
  • Usage: Supply values for the FullName and TwitterUsername variables in lines 3 and 4 of the script.