Social Media Share Buttons and Cookies
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When a WordPress site has social media share buttons, such as Facebook or Twitter, I understand that if the user clicks on one of those buttons, it creates cookies for the user which usually spawns advertisements and anonymous usage data.
My questions are as follows:
Is it my site that is generating such cookies, or is it the third-party software that’s generating these particular cookies (i.e. Facebook, which we all know does not hide the fact that it uses cookies to track user preferences, etc.)?
Based on the above question, how can I warn the user about these cookies in my Privacy Policy?
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Good question!
Website visitors are so dismissive of their online privacy that it has become a concern for website developers.Moreover, there is a “EU cookie law” you must obtain the explicit consent of the EU visitor for use of cookies.
Some info presents on Googles web-pages: https://www.cookiechoices.org/intl/en-GB/ https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en-GB https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=en&hl=en-GB
You can briefly outline the technical part, how cookie gets hooked on the user’s computer and what it is fraught with. And provide a link to privacy policies of Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the other 40 social buttons (Just Kidding).
I liked how it’s done here.
Of course, no one reads such pages, but this information should be on the site just in case. At least out of respect for visitors and their privacy.
Just checked, there is WP plugins for that (everything has already been invented before us):
– GDPR Cookie Consent (CCPA Ready)
– WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent
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