Issue
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I started noticing actions logged in the Audit trail as a Blank User (user id 0).
Who is this Anonymous user?
Environment
- Liferay DXP 7.0 (Fix Pack 60 onwards)
- Liferay DXP 7.1
- Liferay DXP 7.2
Resolution
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The Anonymous User record is actually a feature of Liferay that addresses the issue of data privacy (The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Project). When a user requests their personal data to be deleted, it is a way of anonymizing their remaining unidentifiable data. Such data may be held onto for various reasons including those related to legislation.