GDPR ready? #2

  • Resolved Matta Cib

    (@matta-cib)


    1 year, 3 months ago

    Hello,
    following on from the closed thread GDPR ready? I have a question.
    Hector wrote: “The data collected by the plugin is stored on your site’s database only.”
    I looked at the database entries and noticed the column tkey in the table wp_popularpoststransients. What is behind the wpp_… entries? Does this mean that no personal references (e.g. to IP addresses or similar) can be established?
    If such a personal reference could be established, WP Popular Posts (which I think is great, by the way! Thanks, Hector!) would have to appear in a ConsentManagementProgram or a cookie query with opt-in/opt-out.
    Many thanks and best regards
    Matta

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  • Plugin Author Hector Cabrera

    (@hcabrera)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    Hi @matta-cib,

    … (which I think is great, by the way! Thanks, Hector!)

    Thanks for the kind words!

    TLDR; (read below for a more in depth explanation)

    The plugin doesn’t store any kind of user identifiable data so in terms of GDPR it’s ready to go, no user consent is needed at all.

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    Now, to answer your question: tkey means transient key, the key (or name) that identifies a specific transient. WordPress Transients allow to store anything on the database for a fixed amount of time which gets deleted automatically after said period of time. The tkey value is simply a random string of text.

    WordPress Popular Posts uses transients to temporarily cache your popular posts data (post ID, post title, views count, etc.) for performance reasons.

    To this day, WordPress Popular Posts still does not store nor use any kind of user identifiable data.

    Thread Starter Matta Cib

    (@matta-cib)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    Hello Hector,

    thank you for the quick reply and explanation. Now I am reassured 😉
    Best regards
    Matta

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