How to Add a GDPR Checkbox in Contact Form and WordPress Comments
How to Add a GDPR Checkbox in Contact Form and WordPress Comments - Perhaps you've been getting emails frequently from various services that tell you about privacy policy updates from their websites that describe their privacy policy and the websites they run already have GDPR. However, of course most of you still feel confused about what it is GDPR, and how it will impact on your WordPress site? GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation which is EU law.
So in this article I will give you a complete guide how to add GDPR checkbox in Contact Form and WordPress comment field using WP GDPR Compliance plugin.
WP GDPR Compliance is a plugin that helps you as a WordPress site owner for any purpose whether blog, business or online store to comply with EU privacy regulations known as GDPR. On May 24, 2018, your website or online store must comply with the GDPR regulations to avoid large fines penalties.
WP GDPR Compliance currently supports the Contact Form 7 (> = 4.6) plugins, Gravity Form (> = 1.9), WooCommerce (> = 2.5.0) and WordPress Comment. Support for other plugins will follow soon. And plugins will continue to be updated and developed over time.
Note: Enabling this plugin does not guarantee you are fully compliant with GDPR rules. please contact your GDPR consultant or company law to assess the required measurements.
Cookies are protected by EU law called ePrivacy Directive (2002) and are mentioned once in GDPR. You may already have a 'cookie wall' or 'cookie consent bar' in place on your website but because GDPR is understood now it requires your cookie notification to be a clear affirmative action (click instead of scroll for example) and need approval to be easily revoked as given.
Future updates from this WP GDPR Compliance plugin will come with cookie notifications that conform to GDPR rules. Since this plugin currently does not have this feature it is strongly recommended to use other plugins to display cookie notifications.
Before you use this plugin, we recommend you create a good privacy police page that complies with the main rules described by GDPR.
Next to adding a GDPR checkbox in WordPress, the first thing you need to do is to install and activate the WP GDPR Compliance plugin. You can install directly through your WordPress admin at Plugins »Add New and type in the keyword 'WP GDPR Compliance'.
Once your plugin is installed and activated, you will see a new menu item named 'WP GDPR Compliance' added to the Tools submenu. Please access the WP GDPR Compliance menu so you will see the settings page as shown below.
Now all you need to do is enable the GDPR checkbox in the area you want. In those settings will appear several settings depending on what plugins you activate to collect user data.
On the 'Integrations' tab menu in this example I only use the Contact Form 7 and WordPress Comments plugin. To activate, you only need to press the activation key from 'NO' to 'YES'. You can change the posts contained in the column in accordance with the wishes you know let by default. And click the 'Save Changes' button to save your changes.
In the 'Consents' tab you can here request permission for your visitors to enable certain scripts for tracking or advertising purposes such as Google Analytics, Advertising, Facebook Pixel and more. Add Approvals for each type of script you want to run. The script will only be activated when permission has been granted.
On the 'Checklist' tab you will be asked what personal data you currently collect and the plugin will give you tips for sticking to it. You can activate the option according to any form you use.
On the 'Settings' tab you just need to redirect to your privacy police page. And there is also the option to enable 'Request Data' and 'Consents'.
Now that you are done in the WP GDPR Compliance plugin settings page, you can directly view your site and notice in the contact form section and your comment field that now have checkboxes that should be checked by your users when they will post comments or contact you via the form contact.
And that's the guide How to Add a GDPR Checkbox in Contact Form and WordPress Comments. Hopefully with this article can help you comply with GDPR regulations and avoid fines. Good luck and thanks for visiting.
So in this article I will give you a complete guide how to add GDPR checkbox in Contact Form and WordPress comment field using WP GDPR Compliance plugin.
What Is WP GDPR Compliance ?
WP GDPR Compliance is a plugin that helps you as a WordPress site owner for any purpose whether blog, business or online store to comply with EU privacy regulations known as GDPR. On May 24, 2018, your website or online store must comply with the GDPR regulations to avoid large fines penalties.
WP GDPR Compliance currently supports the Contact Form 7 (> = 4.6) plugins, Gravity Form (> = 1.9), WooCommerce (> = 2.5.0) and WordPress Comment. Support for other plugins will follow soon. And plugins will continue to be updated and developed over time.
Note: Enabling this plugin does not guarantee you are fully compliant with GDPR rules. please contact your GDPR consultant or company law to assess the required measurements.
How With Cookie?
Cookies are protected by EU law called ePrivacy Directive (2002) and are mentioned once in GDPR. You may already have a 'cookie wall' or 'cookie consent bar' in place on your website but because GDPR is understood now it requires your cookie notification to be a clear affirmative action (click instead of scroll for example) and need approval to be easily revoked as given.
Future updates from this WP GDPR Compliance plugin will come with cookie notifications that conform to GDPR rules. Since this plugin currently does not have this feature it is strongly recommended to use other plugins to display cookie notifications.
How to Add Box GDPR In WordPress
Before you use this plugin, we recommend you create a good privacy police page that complies with the main rules described by GDPR.
Next to adding a GDPR checkbox in WordPress, the first thing you need to do is to install and activate the WP GDPR Compliance plugin. You can install directly through your WordPress admin at Plugins »Add New and type in the keyword 'WP GDPR Compliance'.
Once your plugin is installed and activated, you will see a new menu item named 'WP GDPR Compliance' added to the Tools submenu. Please access the WP GDPR Compliance menu so you will see the settings page as shown below.
Now all you need to do is enable the GDPR checkbox in the area you want. In those settings will appear several settings depending on what plugins you activate to collect user data.
On the 'Integrations' tab menu in this example I only use the Contact Form 7 and WordPress Comments plugin. To activate, you only need to press the activation key from 'NO' to 'YES'. You can change the posts contained in the column in accordance with the wishes you know let by default. And click the 'Save Changes' button to save your changes.
In the 'Consents' tab you can here request permission for your visitors to enable certain scripts for tracking or advertising purposes such as Google Analytics, Advertising, Facebook Pixel and more. Add Approvals for each type of script you want to run. The script will only be activated when permission has been granted.
On the 'Checklist' tab you will be asked what personal data you currently collect and the plugin will give you tips for sticking to it. You can activate the option according to any form you use.
On the 'Settings' tab you just need to redirect to your privacy police page. And there is also the option to enable 'Request Data' and 'Consents'.
Now that you are done in the WP GDPR Compliance plugin settings page, you can directly view your site and notice in the contact form section and your comment field that now have checkboxes that should be checked by your users when they will post comments or contact you via the form contact.
And that's the guide How to Add a GDPR Checkbox in Contact Form and WordPress Comments. Hopefully with this article can help you comply with GDPR regulations and avoid fines. Good luck and thanks for visiting.
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