“GDPR Compliance Plugin - Cookies, Consents, Privacy Policy and More” is made to assist you in making your SocialEngine website compliant with all aspects of GDPR. This plugin gives your website a Privacy Center page comprising of many options for the users like Approve Consents, Reject / Withdraw Consents, Edit Consents, etc. Also, users can send requests to contact Data Protection Officer (DPO), apply for data records, unsubscribe from various emails and abolishment of their data.
European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), that comes into effect on 25th May 2018, envisages strict rules for handling personal data of users and specifies new protocols for handling and storing private data. Henceforth, all websites collecting data from EU citizens must meet GDPR requirements. “GDPR Compliance Plugin” is made to assist you in making your SocialEngine website compliant with all aspects of GDPR.
This plugin gives your website a Privacy Center page comprising of many options for the users like Approve Consents, Reject / Withdraw Consents, Edit Consents, etc. Also, users can send requests to contact Data Protection Officer (DPO), apply for data records, unsubscribe from various emails and abolishment of their data. Consent approval banner also displays the privacy preferences to site users. The text of this banner is completely customizable. Once their preferences are set, users can change them anytime from the privacy center page or general settings. All the consents given by logged-in users and requests received regarding any of the above concerns can be viewed from the Admin Panel. Admin will also receive emails corresponding to all the requests so that their responses and required actions will not be delayed.
One of the feature of this plugin is that user can request for the record of all his personal data accessed till now, in this case you can use our “Export User Information Plugin - In CSV / Excel / JSON Files” to download the complete details of the site users and deliver that record to them.
Highlights:
- Privacy Center can list down all the options available to the site users in context with the data protection. All the components of this page are fully customizable.
- Consent Approval Banner will display on your site page till the user approve his preferences. This banner is completely customizable.
- Showcase various cookies and consents to the users in order to get their approvals as privacy preferences.
- Logged-in users details along with their consents will be listed in the users consents whereas logged-out users consents will be saved in the browsers.
- Various requests send by the users will get list down in the admin section - user requests.
- All the action entries for any particular user can be audited from the audit log.
- A sample privacy policy as per the GDPR guidelines is provided to help you in composing one for your website.
- Fully integrated with SocialEngine mailing system. For every request generated by the user, admin will get an email.
- Completely responsive layout.
Features of this Plugin
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Privacy Center Page
This page highlights your proactiveness towards GDPR compliance as it is one destination for your users for all privacy related information and to make any requests regarding their personal data. These consents can be withdrawn or approved again anytime.
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Privacy Preferences
You can display all the cookies and any other consents you want to approve from the users as privacy preferences. This plugin will block the cookies for which consent is not received by the user. These consents can be withdrawn or approved again anytime.
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Consent Approval Banner
This is an attractive banner that can be displayed in any of the four possible positions. This banner’s text is completely customizable. Privacy preferences link is given in this banner from where user can approve various consents.
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Audit Log
All the consents given and requests send by any user can be audited on single admin section "audit log" along with the date of action performed. You just need to enter the registered email of the requested user.
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Sample Privacy Policy
To make things easier for you, we have provided you sample content of a Privacy Policy, in the Admin Panel, that is professionally written as per GDPR compliance. You can edit it as per your site’s features and details.
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100 % Responsive
Complete UI of this plugin including the privacy center page, consent approval banner and privacy preferences popup are fully compatible with all screen sizes. After all compliance on all screen sizes is equally important.
Privacy Center page lists down many options to make privacy policies and data access details as transparent as possible to users, as given below:
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Consents
Any of the approach or tool implemented on your site that accesses any of the user data needs approval. You can mention that as a consent to get approved.
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Cookies
All cookies used on your site can be shown to the users so that they can choose their preferences. No cookie will be enabled for the users without their consents.
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Contact DPO
A simple form for contacting Data Protection Officer of your site where users can make any request related to their personal data or privacy terms.
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Apply for Record
Using this form, site users can apply for the complete record of their data being accessed till now.
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Unsubscribe
By filling up this form, users can request to unsubscribe any of the promotional emails or newsletters being sent by you.
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Abolish Data
Users can request for the abolishment of all their information stored on your site by simply filling up this form.
Widgets
GDPR Compliance - Consent Approval Banner:
- ● This widget is to showcase the consent approval banner.
- ● On installation, this will get auto-placed in the footer.
- ● The text and links of this banner are completely customizable.
Admin Settings
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Banner Settings
Customize the text and links of consent approval banner from here.
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Cookies Categories
List down all the cookies used on your site here as different categories.
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Consent Settings
You can create a consent for any of the user data being accessed by your site and get their approval from the users.
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User Consents
All the details of the logged-in users along with the consents given by them will list down here.
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User Requests
All the requests made by the users either for contacting Data Protection Head, for unsubscribing Newsletters, for getting the record of their data accessed till now, or for abolishment of their personal information completely from the site will list down under this tab.
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Sample Privacy Policy
A sample privacy policy is given here, that meets GDPR compliance. You can edit it as per your site details and use it for your website.
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Manage Cookies
All the cookies used by your site (excluding any third party cookie) are listed in this tab to make cookies categories creation easier for you.
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Privacy Center Components
All the components of privacy center are listed in this tab. You can enable, disable, edit and reorder them.
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Audit Log
A one destination to audit all the consents and requests of any user. You just need to enter the registered email of the requested user.
"As per the European policy GDPR compliant has came into enforcement from 25 May 2018 so if you have not made your website GDPR compliant yet, get this plugin and do it right now. We offer FREE Installation Service on the purchase of this plugin till 30th June 2018."
Disclaimer: This plugin is built to assist you, the website owner, to comply with GDPR [General Data Protection Regulation]. Activating this plugin does not guarantee that your website is fully compliant with GDPR regulations. As an administrator, you need to assess the necessary measures that are required specifically for your website to make it fully compliant with GDPR, and ensure that those measures are in place.
