Suggestion for "legal" way to autosubscribe to one's own new topics and replies
Quote from Jim on January 13, 2022, 5:33 pmI think the best way to handle this is to have the “Subscribe to this topic” box checked by default. Who would not want to see replies to a topic they created or a discussion they are in? The problem is, it is too easy for people to miss the box before submitting.
As far as privacy laws, they are free to uncheck it, and they agree to receive the notice by submitting the post with the box checked.
This is the way many forums operate, apparently without issue. For extra cautious administrators, there could be an admin control to check that box by default or not.
If this is not going to happen, I would appreciate some pointers to code that could be used to do this. Thanks
I think the best way to handle this is to have the “Subscribe to this topic” box checked by default. Who would not want to see replies to a topic they created or a discussion they are in? The problem is, it is too easy for people to miss the box before submitting.
As far as privacy laws, they are free to uncheck it, and they agree to receive the notice by submitting the post with the box checked.
This is the way many forums operate, apparently without issue. For extra cautious administrators, there could be an admin control to check that box by default or not.
If this is not going to happen, I would appreciate some pointers to code that could be used to do this. Thanks
Quote from Jim on January 26, 2022, 7:20 pm
By the way, this is the way the wordpress.org help forum works. Apparently it is okay with the EU privacy laws.I was mistaken, on first reply there you do have to check the box. Still, why? If you submit with the box checked (whether it was prechecked or not), isn’t that approval to receive the notice?
By the way, this is the way the wordpress.org help forum works. Apparently it is okay with the EU privacy laws.
I was mistaken, on first reply there you do have to check the box. Still, why? If you submit with the box checked (whether it was prechecked or not), isn’t that approval to receive the notice?
Quote from Asgaros on January 31, 2022, 7:22 amHello @jim
I think from a legal point of view there is a difference. One is an opt-in, where the user has explicitly take actions to agree to it by checking the checkbox. The other one is an opt-out, where the user gets the e-mails without taking actions but has to do extra steps (uncheck the checkbox) to revoke notifications.
As far as I understood, everything has to be opt-in – similar to what we know from the cookie-banners.
Hello @jim
I think from a legal point of view there is a difference. One is an opt-in, where the user has explicitly take actions to agree to it by checking the checkbox. The other one is an opt-out, where the user gets the e-mails without taking actions but has to do extra steps (uncheck the checkbox) to revoke notifications.
As far as I understood, everything has to be opt-in – similar to what we know from the cookie-banners.