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Opened 4 years ago

Closed 4 years ago

#56828 closed feature request (duplicate)

Setting comment cookies for users without opt-in

Reported by: davidmsalisbury Owned by:
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: Privacy Version:
Severity: normal Keywords:
Cc: Focuses:

Description

Wordpress is setting 3 cookies on users' browsers whenever they post a comment, whether they have opted in or not.

This occurs whether the opt-in box (Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment) is visible to the commenter and the commenter chooses not to check it, or even if the opt-in box has been disabled by the site admin (by removing the tick in the "Show comments cookies opt-in checkbox, allowing comment author cookies to be set" in the Discussion Settings).

Upon clicking "Post Comment" the three cookies set are comment_author_xxxxxx, comment_author_email_xxxxxxx, and comment_author_url_xxxxxxx.

This is an issue affecting GDPR compliance.

Change History (1)

#1 @jorbin
4 years ago

  • Component Comments → Privacy
  • Milestone Awaiting Review
  • Resolution → duplicate
  • Status new → closed
  • Type defect (bug) → feature request
  • Version 6.0.2

Welcome to trac @davidmsalisbury. Cookie Consent management is being discussed in #52903.

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