[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:  Bundled Theme                        |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr has-patch needs-testing needs-  |     Focuses:  ui, rtl
  dev-note                                       |
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Comment (by iandunn):

 Replying to [comment:53 xkon]:
 > But to be honest, that is something that could happen with any theme
 update that introduced new things, I'd still wouldn't worry much about 1
 extra link that is not by default enabled as well.

 I get what you're saying, but I feel like we should try our hardest to not
 cause any problems. If it weren't for GDPR, I'm not sure that a change
 like this would ever be added to an existing default theme. It helps a lot
 that nothing happens until the user creates a privacy page, and the link
 is in the footer, which isn't seen as often as other parts of the page,
 but it still bothers me that some users will experience problems, and that
 lots of theme devs will have to do extra work.

 I think backwards compatibility is one of the best things about WP --
 maybe one of the top 5 reasons for it's success. Making sure that updates
 -- especially minor ones that are installed automatically -- don't cause
 any problems is very important to maintaining user's trust in the update
 process, which has broader effects for things like security.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43715#comment:54>
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