Title: GDPR
Last modified: May 20, 2019

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# GDPR

 *  [jamesford25](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesford25/)
 * (@jamesford25)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gdpr-178/)
 * Is this plugin inline and does it meet the EU General Data Protection Regulations?

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 *  [rctomcat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rctomcat/)
 * (@rctomcat)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gdpr-178/#post-11564098)
 * What exactly are you concerned about?
    Users can register. The data that you 
   require them to enter in order to be able to register is up to you and should
   be kept to the minimum in order to be compliant. I don’t see a GDPR Problem for
   the plugin as it is totally up to you what user data you collect and what you
   do with it.
 * Edit>
    A short google search might have shown you this [https://rocketgeek.com/blog/wp-members-and-gdpr-compliance/](https://rocketgeek.com/blog/wp-members-and-gdpr-compliance/)
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [rctomcat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rctomcat/).
 *  Thread Starter [jamesford25](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesford25/)
 * (@jamesford25)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gdpr-178/#post-11565078)
 * I wasn’t refering to what information I can take, I am aware and upto date on
   the regs and I have seen and read the link you have provided. I have been researching
   for a few days prior to this post.
 * I was refering to the way in which the plugin stores the data in the database.
   
   Does it, as advised, encrypt and secure the data in any way or does it store 
   it in plain text?
 *  [rctomcat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rctomcat/)
 * (@rctomcat)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gdpr-178/#post-11567249)
 * A wordpress DB is not encrypted except for the password.
    As far as i can tell
   there is no encrypted data being stored. But what would you want to encrypt? 
   It makes little sense to encrypt data which is frequently used on a system that
   does not provide native encryption. A name or an email are not something that
   justify the effort it would take for you to implement a third party solution.
   You would also need to save the encryption key either in a file or in the database
   itself so wordpress could access the user data if needed. So anyone who would
   gain access to the db or your webserver would also get the key. Here is a link
   where someone asks the same question about wordpress dbs in general [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-can-i-encrypt-user-data-in-database/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-can-i-encrypt-user-data-in-database/)
   Amazon RDS does provide encryption of the database itself but acts as if it was
   not encrypted to an authenticated user. So maybe that might be a solution for
   you.
 * I assume Chad could say more about how his plugin works but if it would encrypt
   anything he would have stated it on the page i linked in the previous post
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [rctomcat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rctomcat/).
 *  Plugin Author [Chad Butler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbutlerjr/)
 * (@cbutlerjr)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gdpr-178/#post-11575965)
 * > Does it, as advised, encrypt and secure the data in any way or does it store
   > it in plain text?
 * WP-Members uses WP’s standard functions and db schemas for data collection and
   storage and therefore does not encrypt user data in the database (but then, neither
   does any other major membership or ecommerce plugin – at least not by default,
   and such a process is relatively pointless; but that’s a different discussion
   altogether).

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gdpr-178/#post-11575965)
 * Status: not resolved