{"id":10780,"date":"2018-12-28T00:32:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T07:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfwpexperts.com\/?p=10780"},"modified":"2020-02-06T00:12:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T07:12:40","slug":"gdpr-compliance-and-your-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfwpexperts.com\/gdpr-compliance-and-your-wordpress-website\/","title":{"rendered":"GDPR Compliance And Your WordPress Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Collecting data from users by websites is not uncommon. Almost everyone does that, it may be through cookies or newsletter sign-ups and so on. If you are doing a business in USA or EU GDPR or General Data Protection Regulation will definitely affect you.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you want to avoid consequences here are few points that will help you:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tell the user who you are, why you collect the data, for how long, and who receives it.<\/li>\n<li>Get a clear consent [when required] before collecting any data.<\/li>\n<li>Let users access their data, and take it with them.<\/li>\n<li>Let users delete their data.<\/li>\n<li>Let users know if data breaches occur.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>WordPress released a new version (4.9.6) on which contains privacy law compliance for GDPR. Below are some of the new features available:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The New Privacy Page Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a new option found in the settings menu with which you can drop a link on your WordPress website, which redirects the user to your privacy policy upon clicking. Of course, you can use cookies as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments on WordPress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new feature added to the comment section is that upon commenting the commenters data will not be stored on the website upon shifting the responsibility towards the commenters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Handling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It all boils down to your website data handling. According to GDPR the people visiting to your website should be given completely to freedom to whether sign-up or unsubscribe from the website and such, i.e importing and exporting data. \u00a0It can be found in the tool menu \u2018export settings\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Sites Are Affected?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every site which can from accessible from EU is affected. Doesn\u2019t matter, even if you do a business in EU or not. You will be fined with large amounts of money if there is any data breach.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GDPR Plugins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plugins are great but not sufficient. Without a proper privacy policy, you will eventually get into trouble. So it\u2019s your own responsibility. Try not dependent on plugins all the time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about eCommerce sites?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unless your store is PCI compliant or unless you are using WooCommerce. Well, tough luck. E-commerce is not excluded from the GDPR either. You can save yourself by getting a WooCommerce store and assigning your GDPR terms and conditions in the checkout menu in WooCommerce section.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to make your WordPress Website GDPR Compatible, you can approach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfwpexperts.com\/\">WordPress website design company<\/a> that helps you to improve the security of the personal data, to give you greater control over, how your data is used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collecting data from users by websites is not uncommon. Almost everyone does that, it may be through cookies or newsletter sign-ups and so on. 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