[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43715: Popup notification for Privacy Policy page

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#43715: Popup notification for Privacy Policy page
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 Reporter:  xkon         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr         |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by xkon):

 Okay before we get lost in translation again I think it's a good time to
 make a division as we did on `what is personal data` between what a site
 has to offer in the front-end.

 To my knowledge as some stuff already exist today a website 'should' have:

 - Privacy Policy ( what we are helping with as a tool )
 - Terms of Use ( of the website and I don't know if that could be the same
 with the PP )
 - Cookie information ( It might as well be bundled with the PP )
 - Copyright notice ( that's admin/website dependent so it doesn't have to
 do with us at all )
 - Cookie & general 'consents'

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 As far as the `Privacy Policy` that we are helping to be authored via our
 Tools, I suggest a simple link on the bundled themes footer as I said
 above, that could/should include all the 'Cookie' information as well in
 my opinion whether there's an extra 'Consent' popup or not. That
 information should be accessible always to the user.

 I've had some chats with the #themereview team and even the small change
 we made on the comment form with the extra label is going to cause a bit
 of trouble even though it's a really small footprint.

 I can't imagine at the moment what a complete popup would do to themes. So
 my 'original' point of view when I opened this ticket changed pretty fast
 between chats :D

 Having a built-in shortcode for example [privacy-policy-page] that
 generates a link to the created PP page etc would be a good thing as well
 and will probably help people even more to add it on various places if
 they want ( widgets, custom areas, custom code etc ).

 This link has nothing to do with the actual Consent process that has to
 take place and needs a LOT of talk of how it should/could be implemented
 as there is nothing final afaic for the time being.

 I'll change my tone a bit but: The web works with cookies whether the GDPR
 likes it or not. If the GDPR needs consents before dropping cookies (
 entering a website ) well they will hit a really big wall as websites will
 probably go into a lockdown as we normally see with Age verification
 sites. A full blank page with just 1 small box stating the cookies to
 first accept them and then enter the website. That will seriously kill
 websites and I don't think that this will be eventually done as it's
 counter-productive and really really not user-friendly. I don't yet see
 any cookie consents when entering google / amazon or any other major
 player out there either even though everybody updated their Terms/ Privacy
 policies.

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 As I said in the chat at some point the company that I work is dealing
 with the whole cookie/consent matter as a single 'consent / statement' in
 the meaning of 'We need and gather this information and use these cookies.
 If you don't accept this we will redirect you to google.' so if you hit no
 you are just booted off the website, and that's with lawyers behind this
 idea.

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