Title: Getting Started
Last modified: May 4, 2018

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# Getting Started

 *  Resolved [TallSam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tallsam/)
 * (@tallsam)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/)
 * Hi, I’m just getting started using this plugin. I’m a solo blogger managing just
   one site. I don’t have a forum or anything like that, so no users, just social
   media followers and email subscribers. I do have some plugins installed that 
   could present issues for GDPR like Jetpack and Google Analytics Dashboard for
   WP. I have some questions:
 * 1. Is it possible to have your plugin only operate for Europeans so I can keep
   the browsing experience as simple as possible for the rest of the world?
 * 2. I set up a consent for analytics and cookie _ga to match your code below (
   it’s the javascript version, the php version provided crashed my site for some
   reason?). I put the code below into my functions.php file. I then opened a Chrome
   incognito tab. But the _ga cookie still loaded. Suggestions?
    `if ( ! has_consent('
   analytics' ) || ! is_allowed_cookie( '_ga' ) ) { window['ga-disable-UA-XXXXXXXX-
   X'] = true; // Don't forget to replace X for your actual UA numbers. }
 * 3. What will your extensions do that isn’t already possible with your basic plugin?
 * 4. Many other plugins, third parties, and wordpress itself are supposedly going
   to become GDPR compliant. Does this mean there will be popups or stripes from
   them as well as your plugin, or can your plugin somehow overide this and take
   master control of consent and cookies? I just want to avoid inundating site visitors
   with consent requests… thoughts?
 * 5. I noticed the stripe on your own site reads, “This site uses cookies. By continuing
   to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies.” But doesn’t GDPR 
   require site visitor to opt in intentionally, not just continue browsing? I’m
   assuming it’s because you could have some non essential cookies/consents that
   they can turn on by clicking on preferences and sliding the switch, but I can’t
   imagine users doing this… I was thinking there would be a large consent button
   they click and after that, non-essential cookies are allowed to load. Can you
   please explain your logic here?
 * 6. At one point while I was testing a full screen message came up saying I had
   to agree to changed terms of service. Does this come up when I make a change 
   and the GDPR cookie and so the one loaded into their browser has to be updated?
   Couldn’t it just be a strip again rather than a full page? I’m concerned this
   full page warning will turn site visitors away.
 * 7. Is there some service you provide to set up sites to properly use your plugin.
   Any estimate approximately what this costs for a small blog?
 * Your plugin looks great to me so far, I’m really hopefully it will help me get
   through this GDPR mess!
 * Thanks,
    Sam

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 *  Plugin Author [Fernando Claussen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fclaussen/)
 * (@fclaussen)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/#post-10248317)
 * Hi [@tallsam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tallsam/)
 * There’s a lot of questions here. I will try to cover all of them.
 * 1. Sorry, this is not available.
 * 2. Weird that the PHP version broke it. How are you using the JS version in the
   functions.php file? Did you change XXX for your UA numbers?
 * 3. Extensions will be something like… If you have a MailChimp extension and a
   user requests to be forgotten, the plugin would look into your MailChimp lists
   and remove that user from there too.
 * 4. Other plugins will not add privacy bars like our does. They will most likely
   let you know what data they are collecting and how that is being handled so you
   can choose to not share that data or to share it and add that information in 
   your privacy policy.
 * 5. This text is constantly under review. I’m not the one editing it. But the 
   plugin logic is that all cookies that were registered as required will be set
   regardless. Those are cookies necessary for the site to function correctly, like
   the cookies that a service like Stripe would set for an e-commerce site. All 
   non-essential cookies will not be set unless the user goes into their preferences
   and enables them.
 * 6. This message is because you logged in and your user did not have the required
   privacy-policy consent. ( This would most likely be set during registration ).
   Other people recently brought to my attention the fact that the screen take-over
   is too much. So I will be changing this to a more simplistic notice bar. Probably
   next week.
 * 7. I don’t have a fixed price to give you, every case is different. I’d suggest
   you to email [info@trewknowledge.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/info@trewknowledge.com?output_format=md)
   and Shawn will get back to you with that information.
 *  Thread Starter [TallSam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tallsam/)
 * (@tallsam)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/#post-10249993)
 * Thanks Fernando,
 * Two followup questions and a new one:
 * 1. I got the php code to work. The only issue is that if I deactivate the plugin,
   that’s when it breaks my site. Any thoughts on this?
 * 2. I see I can toggle “always active” for the google analytics cookie. So it’s
   either permanently on or they can turn it on or off with the default being off.
   Couldn’t the default be changeable to on but I only let the cookie load once 
   they’ve clicked ‘I Agree’ (I’ll use has_consent( ‘analytics’ ))? So there would
   be a setting to allow ‘on’ to be the default.
    The reason I ask is that as it
   stands right now, they will have to go out of their way to turn on google analytics,
   affiliate cookies etc. I just don’t think people will do this. So it essentially
   shuts down the most important aspects of blogging sites. And because of the lack
   of geo targeting, it’s shut down for the whole world, not just Europe. There’s
   got to be a better way… suggestions?
 * 3. As far as cookies from third parties go, I read the bit on your website about
   linking the site visitor to where they can disable these. So I’m not supposed
   to get consent from site visitors for these? I would appreciate any info you 
   have on that.
 * Thank you again!
    Sam
 *  Plugin Author [Fernando Claussen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fclaussen/)
 * (@fclaussen)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/#post-10250055)
 * Hi [@tallsam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tallsam/),
 * 1. If you deactivate the plugin you will get an error that says that the function
   you are using does not exist. You can remedy this by wrapping those in PHP’s 
   function_exist.
 * 2. We can’t have it set to on by default. That is not enough for GDPR. It needs
   to be explicit. For Google Analytics, you can look into Anonymizing the data 
   you collect instead of stopping Google Analytics entirely. Google this and you
   will find ways you can do that.
 * 3. I’m not the best person to answer this since I’m no lawyer. If this is something
   that worries you, you can always register these cookies as non-third-party cookies
   and block them the same way you do others.
 *  Thread Starter [TallSam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tallsam/)
 * (@tallsam)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/#post-10250224)
 * Hi Fernando,
 * The switch would be set to on by default, but cookies couldn’t load until the
   user has clicked “I Agree”. All that would be required is, in addition to the
   options permanently on and default off, a third option default on (something 
   in functions.php won’t allow cookies to load until “I Agree” clicked). I think
   people will click the I Agree button to get rid of the stripe, but they won’t
   go in and tweak the settings… Your thoughts?
 * Geo-targeting would be extremely helpful too. Perhaps you have some thoughts 
   on how it could be implemented with the help of another plugin?
 * Thanks,
    Sam
 *  Plugin Author [Fernando Claussen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fclaussen/)
 * (@fclaussen)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/#post-10254784)
 * Hi [@tallsam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tallsam/)
 * Setting things on by default, even if they only are set after clicking I agree
   is not enough for GDPR. You don’t have to disable GA for example. You can look
   up how to pseudonymize data and keep using it. As long as you don’t track PII
   it’s fine.
 * Geo-targeting is interesting, but it is not my focus at the moment. I’d rather
   have a full privacy solution that serves everybody. Non-EU residents deserve 
   the right to their privacy too.
 *  Thread Starter [TallSam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tallsam/)
 * (@tallsam)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/#post-10255319)
 * I agree everyone has the right to privacy. Sadly though, GRDP makes things tricky
   for the affiliate business… Skimlinks has an interesting solution though where
   they take a second shot at getting consent when a user clicks an affiliate link
   and consent hasn’t yet been given. They rely on the IAB consent framework to 
   check. Is your plugin compatible with this?
 * Do you have any thoughts on Amazon affiliate cookies. The thing is they don’t
   get sent until a link is clicked so perhaps it is the responsibility of Amazon
   to be getting consent for this? But it does seem to come through the publisher
   domain, no clue how they do that with just a link… Try as I might, I can’t seem
   to find any info on GRDP for Amazon affiliates. Do you have any knowledge of 
   this?
 * Thanks,
    Sam
 *  [zviera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zviera/)
 * (@zviera)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/#post-10256520)
 * Geo-targeting doesn’t work with GDPR, since the law is not about “people living
   in the European Union”, but about “European citizens”, wherever in the world 
   they are at the moment. For example, I am a European citizen living in South 
   Korea at the moment, and GDPR still protects my right for privacy. Therefore,
   Geo-targeting is useless and a waste of time and energy.
 *  Plugin Author [Fernando Claussen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fclaussen/)
 * (@fclaussen)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/#post-10258622)
 * Exactly. [@zviera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zviera/) has a point.
 *  Thread Starter [TallSam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tallsam/)
 * (@tallsam)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/#post-10258845)
 * Okay, I see the point too. And perhaps it’s just a matter of time anyway before
   other countries push the same privacy requirements.
 * What about an affiliate system like Amazon’s, where the cookie doesn’t get sent
   until after a user clicks a link to Amazon. Is this a first party cookie? I would
   think so but I still see a cookie getting loaded under my own domain when I inspect
   with Chrome. What are your thoughts on this?
 * Thanks,
    Sam
 *  Plugin Author [Fernando Claussen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fclaussen/)
 * (@fclaussen)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-105/#post-10259360)
 * If your site depends on these cookies to run, they are necessary cookies and 
   should be registered like so.

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