Below is a summary of the discussion from this week’s Core Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Privacy chat (agenda, Slack Transcript).
Agenda Item: 5.3 Enhancements
The following tickets were flagged as enhancements for 5.3 privacy component;
- #43890 – Allow Admin (and super admin) to Skip e-mail confirmation for Export/Anonymization.
- #44133 – Should the Data Export indicate when we have no information on the user.
- #44135 – Have Erasure button workflow follow Export button workflow replacing with static link.
- #44588 – Denote the Copy action is complete by updating the Copy button to state ‘Copied’.
- #46303 – Update wp_privacy_send_personal_data_export_email to provide the same filters as _wp_privacy_send_erasure_fulfillment_notification.
- #46895 – Personal Data Export Report: A way to display the group count.
#44133, #44135, #46303 and #46895 are all nearing completion but will need another set of eyes and review/testing before they can be marked commit.
#43890 and #44588 will need some work either a refresh or initial patch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing..
#43890 needs discussion but @garrett-eclipse is leaning towards the use of checkboxes instead of dropdown.
#44588 has site health example to follow and just needs coding.
@pputzer graciously offered to review some of these tickets.
Agenda Item: Privacy Data Request Form
Feature Plugin Proposal – https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/09/04/feature-plugin-proposal-privacy-data-request-form/
Not much feedback has been received yet so will let it gestate a little more. Initial feedback is pointing towards plugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party territory over a core merge.
@audrasjb indicated it would be nice to test as a featured plugin so will determine how that can be accomplished.
Agenda Item: Consent and Logging Mechanism for User Privacy
Feature Plugin Discussion – https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/08/07/feature-plugin-discussion-a-consent-and-logging-mechanism-for-user-privacy/
@garrett-eclipse asked if the effort needs to be setup like the WP-Notify #feature-notifications team and meetings.
Neither @idea15 nor @garrett-eclipse have capacity currently to spearhead the effort so decided to collect names of interested parties to create a working group. If anyone is interested in working on the consent/logging mechanism please feel free to comment on this thread or reach out in #core-privacy on Slack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..
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