Payment privacy notice is not GDPR compliant as it is missing the checkbox

  • Resolved Syncly.it

    (@elnath78)


    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hello, is it possible to make the payment form GDPR compliant by adding a checkbox in the privacy notice?

    TO NOTE:

    1) The checkbox is required due to the consent to be “informed and expressed” it cannot be just a text, it is required user interaction.

    2) The privacy consent can NOT be added to “Terms and Coditions” as we cannot force the customer to accept our privacy along with our terms.

    3) (optional) is it possible to have one extra checkbox for newsletter subscription? Again we cannot subscribe people just cause buy from us, accepting the privacy to process the order must be unbound by subscribit to the newsletter.

    Also confirmed by state officers in Rome, this form is NOT GDPR compliant as of the current state. Our customer work with other state / gov entities and showing a non compliant GDPR is not an option, we have to consider Magento eventually if this kind of control is not possible with WC.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Mirko P.

    (@rainfallnixfig)

    Hi @elnath78,

    This is not something that can be done with WooCommerce out of the box, and it would require some customization to make it happen. You can start by reading this article:

    https://wpbeaches.com/add-a-required-checkbox-field-in-woocommerce-checkout-page/

    Here is explained how you can add a required checkbox field in the WooCommerce checkout page that forces a user to checkbox the request before they can proceed to the payment.

    As per the newsletter subscription via a checkbox, there is a good guide here:

    https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/woocommerce-checkout/

    If you do require more help with the actual coding, we’d recommend hiring a developer or one of the customization experts listed at https://woocommerce.com/customizations/.

    Thanks.

    Thread Starter Syncly.it

    (@elnath78)

    Hi @rainfallnixfig,

    That’s pretty bad from Automattic, do you realize that you are stating that A) WooCommerce is not GDPR compliant and B) you do not care at all and C) neither have a plan to make it compliant in the near future? It just take adding a checkbox, of course the newsletter one would be a nice addition to have but that is not required by EU laws, by not having a checkbox on the privacy notice, you are making every single shop out there not compliant to the GDPR just cause you live in US and do not care.

    Mirko P.

    (@rainfallnixfig)

    Hi there,

    Thanks for your additional comments.

    do you realize that you are stating that A) WooCommerce is not GDPR compliant

    If you want to know more about WooCommerce and the GDPR you can have a look here: https://woocommerce.com/gdpr/

    B) you do not care

    As per the above link by reading the information there you will have an idea of how WooCommerce indeed cares about GDPR.

    C) neither have a plan to make it compliant in the near future

    Again, it’s explained in the GDPR page but if you need a clarification please let us know.

    Since WooCommerce Core is a plugin used worldwide and not all stores around the globe are required to display by default a GDPR checkbox in the payment module, hopefully you will understand that this is a sort of customization specifically for your zone/EU but maybe not essential for others.

    Having said that, you may also consider installing GDPR plugins and I’ve come across this page which I’ve found useful: https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/best-gdpr-plugins-for-wordpress-simple-reliable/.

    Thanks.

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