Just what I was looking for!

  • It’s annoying that this plugin even has to exist (to prevent, for example, Google from tracking people before they’ve even viewed a YouTube video), but, in the world of GDPR, it’s necessary. And I’m thankful for it.

    There are just a couple of things I think could be improved:

    • The default text “Click here to display content from X” isn’t as clear as it could be for an opt in. I think it should be something like, “Click here to accept X tracking and view content”. That’s what I’ve customised it to be.
    • The “Disable X” checkbox that can be inserted into a privacy policy via a shortcode is pre-selected. To me, this is confusing. I wonder whether it would be better as a toggle–or, when you click it, to briefly show the checkbox selected and then change to “Enable X”. I also think the language could be clearer: “Opt out of X tracking on this site”, or something like that.

    Other than that, great, simple plugin. Thanks for making it!

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  • Plugin Author Matthias Kittsteiner

    (@kittmedia)

    Hi there,

    thank you for your feedback.

    I think there is a misinterpretation of what the plugin does, or at least what it’s supposed to do. The main purpose of the plugin is blocking external embeds so that they won’t be loaded. It isn’t specifically designed to prevent tracking. That’s more of a nice side-effect while the embed is not loaded, since Embed Privacy does nothing to prevent the actual tracking when the embed is loaded. That’s why I set this default, since I also cannot assume that any embed provider (especially manually added ones) even do track users.

    Regarding the shortcode: you’re right, that’s something that can be improved. I’ve already changed it in the current development version!

    Is there something else I can improve so that your rating will improve to a five star?

    Thread Starter Chris Lovie-Tyler

    (@chrislt)

    Thanks for your reply. I understand what the plugin does, technically. I guess I misunderstood the default text, which includes a link to Google’s privacy policy and seemed to imply an opt in (to Google’s data use) before the video was loaded. Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense.

    I’m happy to change my score to 5 stars now. ??

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