[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43715: Add Privacy Policy link to bundled theme footers

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#43715: Add Privacy Policy link to bundled theme footers
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 Reporter:  xkon                                 |       Owner:  xkon
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  4.9.6
Component:  General                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr has-patch needs-testing needs-  |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by iandunn):

 Replying to [comment:44 laurelfulford]:
 > I included some feedback below that is 90% nitpicky spacing stuff -- I'm
 happy to update the patch if these seem like reasonable updates:

 Those all sound good to me, thanks for the thorough review and eye for
 detail!

 Out of curiosity, what's the reason we use entities in CSS instead of the
 "regular" character? I'm sure there's a reason, but I searched around but
 couldn't find anything. [[br]] [[br]]


 Replying to [comment:45 davidakennedy]:
 > Nothing says new features need to work in every default theme. And I'm
 of the mindset that we should put more effort into the newer ones anyway,
 and change the older ones as little as possible. That cuts our potential
 for possible bugs way down.

 I think that's a really good guideline in general, but it seems like this
 case might be an exception, since the reason behind it is legal compliance
 with the GDPR, rather than improving the design or offering a new feature.
 My impression is that we pretty much have to do this in order for Core to
 be compliant, and that there will be lots of sites using the themes that
 will want to be compliant as well, so a standardized solution will be very
 beneficial for users.

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