JMStuart

Can you explain where in the SDLTM the path is held? Also, why would this be of concern unless you are sending your TM to someone else?

This is in a project TM, which was saved in the project folder "Tm", in the subfolder "en-GB". So yes, it goes out to the client or agency, it is not one of my own TMs. If you open the sdltm file in Notepad, you can search for the computer pathname and it occurs several times, without any obvious "modified by" or "created by" reference, like this:
<CultureName>en-GB</CultureName></Segment>2015-06-02 13:50:31computer_name\user_name2019-10-01 11:48:26

hmmm.. then change it(them), as you wish.

JMStuart

JMStuart said:

So yes, it goes out to the client or agency, it is not one of my own TMs

Why?  This doesn't happen automatically.  It will only go to your client or Agency if you consciously make it available.

I mean when the freelancer sends the "return package". The project TM would be included in the return package?

JMStuart

JMStuart said:

I mean when the freelancer sends the "return package". The project TM would be included in the return package?

No it isn't.  Return packages don't include the TM as it's not needed at all.  The recipient of your return package will check your translations and then update their own TM from the SDLXLIFF files which are the only files included in the return package.

You can verify this by unzipping the return package and looking inside.

How do you "unzip" a return package, Paul?

JMStuart

JMStuart said:

How do you "unzip" a return package, Paul?

If you have a decent file explorer you can probably do this just by looking inside, but if you only use the default windows tools add .zip to the end of the filename and unzip it.

Take a copy first in case you mess with it.

Thanks, Paul. Yes this works, adding .zip to the filename.
So that shows the workflow is as you said, the project TM has to be updated later by the agency.
The issue with personal data is now limited to the sdlxliff file, and of course one's own TM.
If anyone can say for sure what happens when you change the computer name and user name, in Windows?
Does this affect (mess up) the network settings, or any other settings?

Thanks, Paul. Yes this works, adding .zip to the filename.
So that shows the workflow is as you said, the project TM has to be updated later by the agency.
The issue with personal data is now limited to the sdlxliff file, and of course one's own TM.
If anyone can say for sure what happens when you change the computer name and user name, in Windows?
Does this affect (mess up) the network settings, or any other settings?

JMStuart

You might also find this plugin interesting:

https://appstore.sdl.com/language/app/sdl-data-protection-suite/936/

There are a lot of features in here supporting anonymisation and pseudonymisation for your project files as well as your TM.