GDPR, Jetpack and Cookies

WordPress will introduce tools to assist with GDPR compliance in 4.9.6, but it is up to you as the site owner to take the steps required to be compliant with the GDPR and any local variations that may be introduced.

Please follow https://www.ads-software.com/news/ to keep udpated on what WordPress is doing in upcoming releases, and look to local sources for general GDPR questions.

Basically we can’t help you with understanding the law and how your site may or may not interact with the law. We’re unpaid volunteers and you really shouldn’t trust any legal advice coming from us. Most of us aren’t lawyers and even more importantly, we are *not* your lawyer.

As for Jetpack – you should probably ask Automattic (the folks behind Jetpack) about that. They do have this privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/

Automattic’s legal team and developers are working hard to make sure Jetpack will be GDPR-compliant by the deadline later this month. Here’s some info you can check out:

https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2018/05/14/new-privacy-features-and-updated-policies/

https://jetpack.com/support/privacy/

https://automattic.com/automattic-and-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/

If you have any further questions after having a look there, the Jetpack team is always glad to help; you can contact them here:

https://jetpack.me/contact-support/