GDPR?

Hi!

I’m worried about this topic too. In theory it is not very difficult. You have only to add a checkbox to allow the user to give explicit consent to the subscription, and add a little bit text explaining the purpose of the collect form (some say that this is optional).

The status of the consent box is saved in the wp database, and here is where the thing goes a little bit weird. There are a couple of problems at this time, as I reported in this other thread:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/field-for-gdpr-acceptance/

I’m waiting for a solution too.

Regards.

Ditto, getting a little worried as a few of my clients are stressing over GDPR.

I’d also like to know if it’s possible to send an email to all the existing subscribers asking them to confirm the use of their data.

Am getting a LOT of emails from sites I’ve been subscribed to asking me to click YES on an email box to continue receiving newsletters, which I presume then adds the consent tick, or adds me to a new newsletter list.

Hope it’s coming soon, otherwise I’ll have to look for another solution.

As far as I know, asking them to confirm is not enough. You have to recollect the consent of each of them for the future use, and only resending the activation email is not enough, because the user does not “consent” explicitly to the use of their data and you don’t have this consent stored in your db.

An option could be the following:

0.- Adapt your register form to the GDPR with the new checkbox (it has to be unchecked), as explained here: https://beta.docs.mailpoet.com/article/252-how-to-add-a-checkbox-field-to-mailpoet-form

0.1.- (find a solution for the bug with the checkbox that I mention here: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/field-for-gdpr-acceptance/)

1.- Prepare a landing page with the form to register to the newsletter.

2.- Prepare a newsletter to ask all your users asking them to register again, with the new form.

3.- Send the newsletter and after sending delete all your subscribed users from the list.

The new subscribed users will to have to check the consent checkbox, and the consent will be stored by mailpoet in the local wp table (if we manage to find a solution for the bug mentioned in the other thread).

Yes I know what you are thinking: delete all my users? Well, in the case of a newsletter mailing list, as of 25 Mai you are not allowed to mail them if you don’t have the explicit consent. And if you didn’t had a checkbox in your form, then you do not have the consent.

Regards.