Use of mandatory phone number

Hi,

Would it be possible to know the advantage of the added mandatory phone number (mobile) field introduced in version 2.0.4. Not everyone has/want to post a mobile phone number. Regarding RGPD who is the recipient of this personal data and for which use? I couldn’t find any explanation for this new field in the release notes.

Is it safe to modify the form code with a dumb phone number and hide this field since my shop doesn’t need this. In addition the field lists all countries but my shop is configured to only send to european countries. This is confusing for the customer.

Thanks.