[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43602: Add to the privacy tools UX a means to erase personal data by username or email address

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#43602: Add to the privacy tools UX a means to erase personal data by username or
email address
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 Reporter:  allendav                             |       Owner:  allendav
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  4.9.6
Component:  General                              |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr needs-testing needs-patch has-  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by mnelson4):

 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/43602/ERASURE.2.md#L8


 has this

 > Among the tools added is a Personal Data Removal tool which supports
 erasing/anonymizing personal data for a given user in a ZIP file.

 The words "in a ZIP file" seem wrong and was copy-and-pasted from the data
 exporter documentation.

 Also, I'm confused by this text in the original description:

 > Allows plugins to optionally surface controls to allow the admin to opt-
 out of erasing certain data (e.g. for legal or other reasons)

 This doesn't actually facilitate plugins adding controls that allow the
 admin to control what data gets erased, right? (If it does, I didn't see
 it mentioned in
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/43602/ERASURE.2.md#L8).
 It just allows plugins' to hook in their own data erasers. If plugins want
 to ask admins what data to erase, it's up to plugins to present those
 options to the user. Is there a recommended way for plugins to interrupt
 the normal data erasure AJAX request to ask users about their preferences?

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