[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44320: Inform users when their site's privacy policy is not publicly visible

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#44320: Inform users when their site's privacy policy is not publicly visible
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 Reporter:  desrosj      |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
  (bug)                  |
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Privacy      |    Version:  4.9.6
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:  needs-patch ui-feedback needs-
  Focuses:  ui           |  design
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 When a page is selected as the site's privacy policy and is not published,
 users that can edit the privacy policy should be notified that the page is
 not publicly visible.

 Currently, the only way to know that the selected privacy policy page is
 unpublished is to go to Pages in the admin and see the page listed with `-
 Draft` next to its title. #44100 will add `- Draft` to the page titles in
 the settings dropdown, but that is not visible unless viewing the Settings
 > Privacy page.

 #44131 aims to adjust some of the text on the Settings > Privacy page to
 indicate the page would be previewed and not viewed, but this is also only
 seen when on that settings page.

 Here are a few ideas that have been thrown tossed around.

 == Dashboard Widget
 A dashboard widget for Privacy that could indicate any issues with the
 site's privacy settings. Some examples of what could appear here:

 - "Your site does not have a privacy policy selected."
 - "The privacy policy page selected is not publicly visible"
 - Maybe further down the road, "Several active plugins on your site do not
 declare support for data privacy features" (see #43938, #43750).

 == Admin Notice

 This admin warning would be dismissible and only show up to users that
 have the ability to manage the privacy policy. Which pages to show this on
 and whether ''another'' admin notice should be introduced should be
 carefully considered.

 Related: #44100, #44131.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44320>
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