GDPR Compliance

Hi guys,

Recently I was trying to make Geodirectory work with the Complianz Plugin and unfortunately I was told it was basically not possible without some cooperation from Geodirectory developers. This is the message I received from their support team:

As the WP Geodirectory plugin does not seem to account for GDPR requirements (such as disabling Google Maps functionality before consent), it would indeed not be GDPR-proof.

This specific case is a difficult one, because if we’d block everything related to the script (without cooperation from the plugin author), certain functionality of the Geodirectory plugin would likely break completely. Due to the nature of this plugin, it would be very difficult for us to create a stable integration without the cooperation of the developers of this plugin.

The best course of action would be to contact the developer and recommend them to conform to the WP Consent API (https://github.com/rlankhorst/wp-consent-level-api). In short, this API proposal is a standardized way for WordPress core, plugins, and themes to obtain consent from users.

Would appreciate any feedback if that is indeed the case, and if you plan to make GD GDPR compliant in the future.

Thank you,

Roman.