This add-on helps you comply with the GDPR, a European Union regulation on personal data processing. The add-on by itself doesn’t guarantee compliance with the GDPR; it only gives you the tools to achieve compliance.
The General Data Protection Regulation describes how you can acquire, store, and process personal data of citizens and residents of the European Union. Here are some of the important points of the regulation (with references to the GDPR Articles):
We don’t claim to have summarized an 80-page law in one article. But as you can see, these points do affect online stores. For example, when a customer gives you an email address for account registration or newsletter subscription, that counts as personal data processing too.
Optional checkboxes that can appear in the standard places where personal data is collected (such as checkout, registration, newsletter subscription, etc.).
Notices about personal data processing that appear next to each of the checkboxes mentioned above. The text of each notice can be customized separately.
Requesting active consent for cookies before the customer can enter the site (optional).
A separate table in the database for logging what a person has consented to. That table is called cscart_gdpr_user_agreements
. It includes the texts of personal data notices as they were at the time when consent was given. This information can only be viewed in the database directly.
A tab with all the personal data of a customer that appears on the customer editing page.
The ability to export personal data of a customer to an XML file on request.
The ability to anonymize a customer, replacing all his or her personal data with randomly-generated information on request.
Note
Customers have to request their personal data or anonymization by sending an email to the address you specify in the notices about personal data processing. However, you can make sending a GDRP-related email easier for your customers.
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