the statement is not 100% correct, as the thumbnails are (currently still) loaded from the YouTube servers 🙂
would you like to add that underneath each video? might be better suited for a “privacy/ gdpr”-page (which you could simply add yourself)?
frank
Hi Frank,
yes, I would like to add it underneath each video, as I assume nearly nobody reads the “Datenschutzerklärung” bevor they look at the video. I would put the info in the DSE too, but the infobox would be an extra tipp for my readers 🙂
The Text of the statement I mentioned is just an idea, that needs improving…
Maybe you could also provide a correct text for the infobox, as you know best, what the plugin exactly does 🙂
Thanks a lot for your fast reply
Heike
OK, try this code snippet (you can use the code snippet plugin to safely and easily manage this and other snippets);
add_filter('lyte_match_postparse_template','add_gdpr_note');
function add_gdpr_note($lyte_template) {
$gdpr_div = '<div class="lyte_gdpr">This site uses WP YouTube Lyte to embed YouTube video\'s. The thumbnails are loaded from YouTube servers, but those are not tracked by YouTube (no cookies are being set). Upon clicking on the play button however, YouTube can and will collect information about you.</div>';
return $lyte_template.$gdpr_div;
}
You can style the div by targetting the lyte_gdpr class 🙂
PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much 🙂
Careful, this doesn’t solve the connection issue, HighKay.
It does:
The thumbnails are loaded from YouTube servers, but those are not tracked by YouTube (no cookies are being set). Upon clicking on the play button however, YouTube can and will collect information about you.
Cookies are not part of the GDPR. It’s about the IP being transmitted to the Youtube servers when your browser requests the thumbnail.
PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much 🙂
you’re welcome, feel free to leave a review of the plugin (and support) here @hlorenz! 😉
Cookies are not part of the GDPR. It’s about the IP being transmitted to the Youtube servers when your browser requests the thumbnail.
ideally I’ll have time to whip something up to have the images loaded locally, that way YouTube is not contacted at all which I agree would be better.
frank
