[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43750: Establish a standard means of core reading privacy declarations from plugins’ readme.txt

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#43750: Establish a standard means of core reading privacy declarations from
plugins’ readme.txt
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 Reporter:  allendav                |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General                 |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr needs-patch close  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by azaozz):

 * keywords:  gdpr needs-patch => gdpr needs-patch close


Comment:

 > The proposed way right now is for plugins to add their privacy
 declarations to their readme.txt

 Right, all plugins should have a `Privacy` section in the readme.txt that
 will be displayed on wordpress.org/plugins.

 - The plugins that do not store any user data and do not affect a
 website's user privacy in any way should state that in the new `Privacy`
 section.
 - The plugins that affect user privacy should include some information
 about what exactly they do, how, why, etc.

 In addition, all plugins that affect the website users privacy in any way
 should include some information designed for inclusion in the website's
 privacy policy. This will be accomplished by using
 `wp_add_privacy_policy_content()` (see [42980]). From there the
 information/text will be displayed in a postbox when the site owner edits
 the site's privacy policy, see #43620.

 I understand the desire to keep this as DRY as possible in plugins, but
 the Privacy section in the readme is for a different context than the
 privacy info/text intended for the site's policy. As @TZ Media points out
 above, one is info for people looking to install a plugin, the other is a
 legal text shown on many websites.

 In that terms thinking this ticket should be closed in favor of #43620.

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