GDPR Forms Table of Contents
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) refers to the regulation of data collection in the EU. It is effective as of May 25, 2018. The main requirement of GDPR is to require explicit consent from the user before collecting or storing their data. According to GDPR, a user is allowed to request access to his data or require to delete it.
If you are new to GDPR rules, it would be useful for you to be aware of the following:
Most websites have some adjustments to help you be compliant with GDPR requirements.
WPForms have GDPR-enhancement features. When you install and activate WPForms, you should enable those features in the following way:
WPForms by default assign all users a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). This is a random number not including the user's information. It is stored in a cookie file, which is located in the browser of a user. WPForms has several features, which require UUID cookies, particularly:
When you check the option to disable user cookies, you will disable the above-mentioned features and WPForms will not use any cookies.
When a form is submitted, WPForms automatically collects additional details, which include:
This feature can be disabled either site-wide or form-by-form. In case of site-wide, none of your forms will collect extra details from users. In the second case, you can choose to disable this feature for each individual form. If you prefer this option, do not check the site-wide option.
According to the requirements of GDPR, you have to receive explicit consent from users to collect and store their data. Besides, you have to explain to them why you collect that information. The most convenient way of doing this is by adding an appropriate checkbox to the form.
This checkbox is different from other standard checkbox agreements due to the following features:
As mentioned above, GDPR allows users to request access to their data anytime they want. It means that your website has to provide the appropriate features and allow users to submit those requests easily. For example, you may decide to add the form for a data request from the Contact Us page of your website or the Privacy Policy page.
Customers may also require to delete their information from your database. To do this, you have to do the following: Go to WPForms Entries, select the necessary form, check the appropriate box you want to delete, select Delete from Bulk Actions dropdown list and click Apply.
After deleting an entry, it will be permanently erased from the database of your website.
You may also choose the Delete-All option to delete all the entries for a certain form.
Be aware that entry data is stored on your website, where you have installed WPForms, and it provides you full privacy for all entries.
How To Be Sure That Your Site Is GDPR Compliant?
The compliance details differ from website to website, even from one form to another. That is why you are encouraged to look for legal advice from an expert familiar with GDPR and can explore your website and forms.
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