=== PureDevs GDPR compliance === 
Contributors: puredevs, ympervej86
Donate link: https://puredevs.com/donate/ 
Tags: cookie consent, GDPR, GDPR compliance, GDPR plugin, Wordpress GDPR 
Requires at least: 3.5 
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 1.0.3
License: GPLv2 or later 
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html

The plugin can minimize the risk of getting penalized by GDPR. It's packed with all the premium features of other plugins, but for free! 

== Description == 

GDPR is a set of regulatory rules and regulations that you have to abide by in order to conduct online business within any country of the EU. Breaching GDPR will result in penalization. 

If you want to collect data from any European Union citizen, you need to take consent from them; failing to do so can put your business at risk. Using plugins like PureDevs GDPR compliance can help you minimize the risk of getting penalized. 

<h4>How to know that you need PureDevs GDPR Compliance?</h4> 
<ul> 
<li>If you have visitors from the EU or potential to have visitors from the EU.</li> 
<li>If you use browser cookie or tracking pixels for analytical purposes </li> 

<li>If you use any drip marketing strategy like MailChimp or other third-party plugins to save users' data</li> 
<li>If you use Live chat services to communicate with your website visitors </li> 

<li>If you use forms like Contact 7 to collect user's data, you need GDPR compliance.</li> 
<li>If you want to enhance the authenticity, authority, and general trustworthiness.</li> 
</ul> 

<p><strong>Note: This plugin can only help you to meet compliance requirements. You are the one who is responsible for making sure all the compliance requirements are met.</strong></p> 

<h4>FEATURES:</h4> 
<strong>Taking consent to load cookies in the browser</strong><br> 
Lets you ask for user consent before loading your cookies in your visitor's browser. 
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<strong>Consent for Terms and Conditions</strong><br> 
Automatically navigate your user to your terms and conditions page to let them give you consent to load cookies. 
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<strong>Compliance to Privacy Policy</strong><br> 
Automatically navigate your user to your privacy policy page to let them give their consent to your privacy policy. 
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<strong>Request for Data Archive</strong><br> 
Autometically lets the admin know when the data access request is achived. 
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<strong>Let the user delete your stored data</strong><br> 
Gives your user the flexibility to remove the data stored by your site. 
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<strong>Custom Cookie Option</strong><br> 
You can select the region to which you want to ask for permission before loading your cookies. 

<h4>Obliging this regulation is mandatory if you are</h4> 

<strong>A WordPress website owners</strong><br> 
It doesn't matter whether you are an eCommerce site or a lead generator; if you load cookies on your user's computer, you are prone to get penalized by GDPR. 
<strong>Content Marketers</strong><br> 

If your audience includes EU visitors and you use tracking pixels like facebook pixels. 

<strong>Sell product online</strong><br> 
If your site collects user data from the user by form submission, account creation, email collection. 
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<strong>Affiliate Marketers</strong><br> 
If you are tracking your traffic, collecting their email, and using tracking script like google analytics script<br> 


== Installation == 

Manual installation is easy. It will take approximately less than a minute. 

1. Download the plugin from wordpress.org, unpack it and upload the <strong>[PureDevs GDPR compliance]</strong> folder to your <strong>wp-content/plugins/</strong> directory. 
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress. 
3. Go to <strong>Dashboard > Settings > PureDevs GDPR compliance </strong>, to customize the content as per your needs. 

You are good to go. Relish the delight of PureDevs GDPR compliance! 


== Frequently Asked Questions == 

<strong>Q. Is this plugin only for WordPress sites?</strong><br> 
A. Yes, this plugin is compatible only with WordPress sites. If your CMS lets you install the plugin, then that is the sign that it is compatible with your site. 

<strong>Q. Is it future-proof?</strong><br> 
A. Yes, we will keep updating the plugin and keep adding relevant, useful features that will be compatible with the future version of WordPress. 

<strong>Q. Do I need any technical or development knowledge to operate the plugin?</strong><br> 
A. No, you just need to know how to install a plugin. We have developed it with easy to navigate extremely user-friendly features. 

== Screenshots == 

1. This is how the cookie message will look like if you choose to display it as a popup. 
2. This is how the cookie message will look like if you choose to display it as a banner. 
3. This is how the cookie setting option will be shown to your visitors. The cookie setting option allows your visitors to accept the cookies as per their preference. 
4. This is the general setting dashboard that you will find in your admin panel, once you install and activate the plugin. Here you can turn on and off the plugin altogether and also can do most of the basic customization. 
5. This option allows you to customize the floating button shown to the front-end of your website if the visitor decides to minimize the cookie message. 
6. Here you can create your custom cookie message and customize the color. 
7. Here you can customize the accept and reject button of your cookie message. 
8. Here you can customize your privacy overview message. 
9. Here you can create your strictly necessary cookie message and choose how it will be displayed. 
10. Here you can customize your additional cookie message and add other code snippets. 
11. Here you can customize your third-party cookie message and add other code snippets. 
12. Here you can customize your required cookie message and add other code snippets. 
13. Use this option to export/import your current setting. 
14. This option allows you to show your cookie message based on the location of your visitor. 
15. This option allows you to choose a custom message for your privacy policy page. 
16. These are some frequently asked questions. 
17. These are some hooks that you can use to further customize the plugin as per your needs. 
18. These are some shortcodes that you can use to further customize the plugin as per your needs. 

== Changelog == 

= 1.0.0 = 
- Version 1.0 Initial Release 

= 1.0.1 = 
-Default functionality changes. 
-Minor bug fixing and interface changes. 

= 1.0.2 =
- New feature: ability to control the opacity of cookie banner. 
- New feature: ability to customize the banner text. 
- Bug fixing: mobile interactivity issue has been fixed. 
- Minor bug fixes and quality of life improvements.

= 1.0.3 =
- Bug fixing: Minor css issue has been fixed. 
- Compatibility check with WordPress latest version