[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52970: Improve text in help tabs of Personal Data Exporter/Eraser

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Tue Nov 16 22:48:09 UTC 2021


#52970: Improve text in help tabs of Personal Data Exporter/Eraser
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 Reporter:  dimadin                              |       Owner:  marybaum
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.9
Component:  Help/About                           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing needs-       |     Focuses:  privacy,
  screenshots has-privacy-review                 |  ui-copy
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Changes (by paapst):

 * keywords:  has-patch needs-testing needs-screenshots => has-patch needs-
     testing needs-screenshots has-privacy-review


Comment:

 @marybaum On closer inspection of the proposed changes I found another
 problem:

 In src/wp-admin/erase-personal-data.php on line 25 the following is
 stated:
 ''You should also delete any data third parties collect about your users''

 That new statement is much too broad and alos not correct. Probably it is
 not even possible to execute because no one has the power to delete all
 the data Google or Youtube collected with or without your knowledge about
 your users.

 Instead, it is safer to keep the current text:

 ''You should also delete any data collected by or stored with any 3rd
 party services used by your business or site.''

 It is all about responsibility. If you use a 3rd party service on your
 website, and that party is collecting data (on your behalf), you remain
 responsible for that data, and also for deleting it.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52970#comment:39>
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