[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44133: Should the Data Export indicate when we have no information on the user

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#44133: Should the Data Export indicate when we have no information on the user
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 Reporter:  garrett-eclipse                      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  4.9.9
Component:  Privacy                              |     Version:  4.9.6
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots has-patch needs-     |     Focuses:
  testing                                        |  administration
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Comment (by garrett-eclipse):

 A thought I mentioned in slack but posting here so it's not overlooked is
 if we should staunch the flow early even before a confirmation email is
 sent. So when you put a username or email into the form and click Send
 Request maybe have it check the data at that point and if there’s none
 stop the entire workflow and just present a notice. Then the request won’t
 appear in the list, no confirm email is sent, they don’t get mislead into
 thinking there’s data and in fact they’d never be notified by the system
 in this case.  Just thinking maybe that we could avoid having to update
 each step in the process to stop the file generation and link and updating
 other emails and verbiage to indicate no data and instead just halt the
 process upon the initial submission when no data is present.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44133#comment:37>
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