Your old privacy policy is NOT GDPR compliant - don't be misled
Published on May 20, 2018
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Important Update
Kyle has written about how the GDPR affects us as website owners. Please read what he has to say and then update your privace policy in accordance with the new Privacy Template in Site Content. Make sure you adapt the Privacy page to match your own individual needs.
GDPR Compliance. Our Official Take.
Despite what you may have read elsewhere on this platform or anywhere else, your old privacy policy is not GDPR compliant.
You have a WordPress website and people leave comments on WordPress websites. When they leave a comment they leave their email address. To comply with the GDPR, your privacy policy must tell people what happens to their email address. Even if our websites are not based in Europe they are visible in European countries. And so we must comply with GDPR.
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If you have linked to your old privacy policy then please make some changes.
Go to Settings > Privacy and click Create New Page.
This should give you a template for creating your privacy policy page. Some of the headings will need to be edited as well as the text.
I'm still in the process of updating my own privacy policy according to the GDPR requirements, so I can't do it for you.
Loes and MozMary have written extensively on the subject:
GDPR Requirements in layman's language
Summary of GDPR for Affiliates and Bloggers: More than a Privacy Policy and Cookies
We still have a few days left before the law takes effect so hopefully Kyle or Carson will provide a privacy policy template quickly.
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