New Newsletter Service GDPR compliant?

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  digitalnaiv · Member · Dec 20, 2022 at 8:40 am

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  Hi, you are just announcing your new newsletter service.Is this service GDPR-compliant?

  https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/15115391/posts/4446215620

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  Stefan

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Dec 20, 2022 at 7:04 pm

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  Hi there:

  We’re looking into this for you and will respond once we have more information.

  Thanks!

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Dec 21, 2022 at 8:20 pm

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  Thanks for waiting!

  On WordPress.com we take GDPR and other privacy laws very seriously. We know how important it is for our site owners to be able to build sites that comply with the GDPR and we take this into consideration for every product and feature we build.

  We cannot give you specific legal advice about whether or not your site, store, newsletter, or anything else you build with our products is in compliance with a specific law. We are not your lawyers, and complying with the GDPR is about more than just the technology you use, it’s also about the practices you use in running your site. For example, with this newsletter service you would likely be okay under the GDPR if you sent your newsletter to folks who chose to provide their email and sign up to receive your updates. However, you might not be okay under the GDPR if you started subscribing people to your newsletter service without their knowledge or agreement (we say might, because there are situations where that might still be okay).

  If you have questions about whether or not something you are building is in compliance with the law, we urge you to reach out to legal counsel.

  I hope that helps!