Does hCaptcha require cookie consent?

Hello,

First of all, this plugin provides just the implementation of hCaptcha for WordPress and integration with many popular plugins and themes. It does not deal with cookies, GDPR, and so on, simply using the hCaptcha script from the hcaptcha.com website.

Based on my experience working with hCaptcha, I do not see any cookies set by its script.

The article mentioned looks weird. The hCaptcha is the biggest captcha provider fully oriented on privacy and security. The real collector of user information is Google reCaptcha, which makes its decisions based on various user-related data.

Anyway. This plugin is supported by another team, not connected to the core hCaptcha team, and it is better to address your questions on the hcaptcha.com website.

Thank you.

hCaptcha is certified under the new EU-US, UK-US, and Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) for GDPR compliance, in addition to integrating the Standard Contractual Clauses. The DPF has been adopted by the European Commission as of 2023.

The cookie policy says:

GDPR Note: we believe the hCaptcha anti-bot service (i.e. the Service embedded by websites, games, or mobile apps) includes only so-called “consent-exempt” cookies pursuant to GDPR regulations. Examples of such exempt cookies include:

* Technical cookies strictly necessary for the provision of the service. These include preference cookies, session cookies, load balancing cookies, etc.

*?Statistical cookies managed directly by us (i.e. first party, not third-party cookies), where the data is not used for profiling.

https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy

Thank you, @hcaptcha.