WordPress.org
Get WordPress

Make WordPress Core

Opened 2 years ago

Closed 2 years ago

#56828 closed feature request (duplicate)

Setting comment cookies for users without opt-in

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

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
2 years ago

  • Component changed from Comments to Privacy
  • Milestone Awaiting Review deleted
  • Resolution set to duplicate
  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Type changed from defect (bug) to feature request
  • Version 6.0.2 deleted

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

Note: See TracTickets for help on using tickets.