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GeoPal
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Europe and GDPR

21 Mar 2018, 08:36

Hi Karl,
Wanted to ask if there are any check boxes possibilities for contact form, in order to make the site compliant with the regulation of EU GDPR?
All those, I am aware of this and that etc. obligatory checkbox in order to send a message. I tried adding alert box, but still it is not the same.
Just asking...
Thank you, George
 
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mjau-mjau
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Re: Europe and GDPR

21 Mar 2018, 10:02

Can I ask exactly what "checkbox" (or input) you are looking for to make your website compliant to the new EU GDPR, and what on your website makes your website currently non-compliant? Are you using a newsletters or something? I don't see why you need a checkbox (what would it say?) to make the contact form compliant.

This EU GDPR might be a bit more through through than the "EU cookie law", which was a failure. These new rules are primarily to prevent large companies from tracking users and private data. At best, I can only see that you would have to provide some text "We do not share private information blah blah".

Surely when someone adds their email to a contact form, clicks SEND, and expects a reply, surely they are already "giving consent to the processing of personal data for one or more specific purposes". Why complicate things for the user and your website?
 
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GeoPal
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Re: Europe and GDPR

21 Mar 2018, 10:16

Karl, these are exactly my thoughts also...
Check box that is saying "I know I share my name and email to ... so I can get some feedback" lol and without it not to be able to send the inquiry.
I guess I will just remove the contact form and leave a phone.
 
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mjau-mjau
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Re: Europe and GDPR

21 Mar 2018, 12:19

You can add a checkbox with some text like that, but what's the point? If the user fills in the form, sends the email without checking the box, will they get angry "Hey, but I didn't allow you to use my private data  :tired_face:"? It's explicit.

Or add some text: "By sending this email, you are herby allowing us to use your email to reply to you".

Why bother? There is no infringement.
 
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Re: Europe and GDPR

08 Aug 2018, 06:20