Title: Privacy
Author: Sergey Biryukov
Published: May 16, 2018
Last modified: March 2, 2021

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## Privacy component

A weekly office hours is held for the Privacy component every Thursday @ 18:00 UTC.

The meeting is held in the [#core-privacy room](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C9695RJBW)
on [WordPress.org Slack](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/).

Roadmap: [https://make.wordpress.org/core/roadmap/privacy/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/roadmap/privacy/)

Maintainers listed on this page are all active maintainers, and you are welcome 
to reach out to any of them regarding the component. In addition to the active maintainers,
you can seek background knowledge and guidance from any of the emeriti maintainers:

 * [Heather Burns](https://profiles.wordpress.org/idea15/)
 * [Laken Hafner](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lakenh/)
 * [Tobias Zimpel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tz-media/)
 * [Kåre Mulvad Steffensen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dejliglama/)
 * [Birgir Erlendsson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/birgire/)

### Recent posts on the make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. blogblog (versus network, site)

 * [Let’s reconsider adopting the WP Consent API](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/04/lets-reconsider-adopting-the-wp-consent-api/)(
   December 4, 2024)
 * [Request for Input: Consent Preferences for Logged In Users (Consent API)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/08/22/request-for-input-consent-preferences-for-logged-in-users-consent-api/)(
   August 22, 2020)
 * [Agenda: Office Hours 19 August 2020 at 18:00 UTC](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/08/17/agenda-office-hours-19-august-2020-at-1800-utc/)(
   August 17, 2020)
 * [Privacy Office Hours Minutes 14 May 2020 Plans for WCEU Contributor Day](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/05/14/privacy-office-hours-minutes-14-may-2020-plans-for-wceu-contributor-day/)(
   May 14, 2020)
 * [Feature Plugin Proposal: WP Consent API](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/04/01/feature-plugin-proposal-wp-consent-api/)(
   April 1, 2020)

View all posts tagged [privacy](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/privacy/).

[Create a new ticket](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fcore.trac.wordpress.org%2Fnewticket%3Fcomponent%3DPrivacy)

### 103 open tickets in the Privacy component

  |  [103 open tickets](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&status=!closed) |  [defect (bug)](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&type=defect+%28bug%29&group=milestone&status=!closed) |  [enhancement](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&type=enhancement&group=milestone&status=!closed) |  [feature request](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&type=feature+request&group=milestone&status=!closed) |  
  |  [7.1](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&milestone=7.1&group=task+%28blessed%29&status=!closed) |  [1](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&milestone=7.1&type=defect+%28bug%29&status=!closed) |  0 |  0 |  
 |  [Awaiting Review](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&milestone=Awaiting+Review&group=task+%28blessed%29&status=!closed) |  [19](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&milestone=Awaiting+Review&type=defect+%28bug%29&status=!closed) |  [24](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&milestone=Awaiting+Review&type=enhancement&status=!closed) |  [2](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&milestone=Awaiting+Review&type=feature+request&status=!closed) |  
 |  [Future Release](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&milestone=Future+Release&group=task+%28blessed%29&status=!closed) |  [12](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&milestone=Future+Release&type=defect+%28bug%29&status=!closed) |  [41](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&milestone=Future+Release&type=enhancement&status=!closed) |  [4](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&milestone=Future+Release&type=feature+request&status=!closed) |

**103 open tickets.** Last 7 days: +0 tickets

### 2 tickets that have no replies

[View list on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&id=53611%2C59479&status=!closed)

 * [#53611](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53611)  Font size inconsistency
   in the data erasure inline notice for 'additionalMessages' list items ui css
 * [#59479](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59479)  'Erase Personal Data'
   simply doesn't work

### 1 ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. slated for 7.1

[View list in Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&milestone=7.1&status=!closed)

 * [#64748](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64748)  Privacy: get_the_privacy_policy_link()
   should strip HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language
   primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. tags and return plain 
   text

### 103 open tickets

**Open enhancements: 65** [View list on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&type=enhancement&status=!closed)
**
Open tasks: 0** [View list on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&type=task+%28blessed%29&status=!closed)**
Open feature requests: 6** [View list on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&type=feature+request&status=!closed)**
Open defects: 32** [View list on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Privacy&type=defect+%28bug%29&status=!closed)

### Help maintain this component

Component maintainers:

 *  Konstantinos Xenos
 *  postphotos
 *  Garrett Hyder

Many contributors help maintain one or more components. These maintainers are vital
to keeping WordPress development running as smoothly as possible. They triagetriage
The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity,
and other factors. new tickets, look after existing ones, spearhead or mentor tasks,
pitch new ideas, curate roadmaps, and provide feedback to other contributors. Longtime
maintainers with a deep understanding of particular areas of Core are always seeking
to mentor others to impart their knowledge.

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