data protecion / privacy rules
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Hello, in Germany we have to fix the privacy rules on our websites until Mai 25th 2018. What do I have to consider regarding wordpress please?
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Please read the sticky post at https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/about-the-gdpr/
I will also type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question
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Hi there,
We cannot give specific legal advice about your particular site, as we are not your attorneys.
In general, though, if you handle the information you collect from your visitors responsibly and are not sharing or selling it to other companies without permission, then the GDPR is unlikely to cause a radical change in how you do things. WordPress.com is not a tool which gives you a lot of personally or legally sensitive details on your visitors.
For most bloggers and site owners using WordPress.com, comments and feedback are the main way they collect information from visitors. In addition to what is public, there are also a few extra details visible to you in your dashboard, such as the IP address of commenters. When the GDPR goes into effect, people will be able to request a copy of this “personal data” or ask to have it deleted. We are working on ways to help you comply with such requests, which may be in the form of point-and-click tools or written guides.
We will also be enhancing the functionality of our existing [EU cookie banner](https://en.support.wordpress.com/cookie-widget/), so that it works in conjunction with our WordAds advertising program to only provide EU visitors with clear choices about personalized ads.
If you want to write a Privacy Policy that discloses to your site’s visitors the information that’s collected when they follow or comment on your site, you can find a detailed description of what gets collected about them at https://jetpack.com/support/comments/#privacy
And we will have written guidance for people with more complicated sites on what they should think about when it comes to protecting privacy and the new law.
Both [our privacy.blog](https://privacy.blog) and the [GDPR support page](http://automattic.com/automattic-and-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/) will have updates by the end of the month and going forward.
If you have any follow-up questions, let me know.
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Hi darnelldibbles
I have Wordpres.com blog in Serbia, does the GDPR law also applies to Serbia, or only in the countries of the European Union?
I saw in my widget directory EU Cokie Law baner, and I have activated it. -
Hi dzonson,
GDPR applies to all countries processing personal data issued from EU citizens. It’s one of the new aspects of this regulation.
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You’ve already been answered on this in another thread as well, but as @cesa2018 says, if your site collects data from visitors that are EU citizens, the law applies.
For detailed information on what specifically applies to you and what you need to do to comply, you’d need to consult an attorney. We can only provide information regarding data we collect from visitors to your site, and provide you with the tools to remove that data if requested.
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If a citizen of the European Union comments on a post on your site, both their email address and IP address are stored in your site’s database. This is clearly explained in the links that staff-doublebassd provided above.
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