Previously, when a plugin updated its suggested privacy policy text, an admin notice was shown on all screens in the Administration Panels. That was done in order to make sure that administrators were aware of it, so that they could update their policy if needed. That was a very heavy-handed and intrusive approach, though, which leads to a poor user experience, and notice fatigue.
An alternative approach is to use bubble notifications in the menu, similar to when plugins have updates that need to be installed. That still makes it obvious that something needs the administrator's attention, but is not as distracting as a notice.
The notice will still appear on the Privacy page, though, since it is relevant to that screen, and provides an explanation of why the bubble is appearing.
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Fixes#43954. See #43953.
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Previously the pointer overlapped the menu in order to draw attention to the fact that it applies to both the `Tools` and `Settings` menus. That caused a conflict if the menu was collapsed, though, because the icons were covered by the pointer and therefore inaccessible.
Additionally, minor tweaks were made to the text order and formatting. The order of the two sections was swapped in the title and paragraph, in order to match the order of the corresponding menu items. The spacing around headings and paragraphs was tweaked to remove extraneous whitespace.
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Fixes#43961.
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- Separate the guide text form the suggested policy text.
- Add table of content for easier navigation.
- Move the content to tools.php (prevents the settings menu of being open).
- Add a link to the guide from the Privacy settings screen.
Props melchoyce, azaozz.
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Fixes#43980.
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r42986 introduced the beginnings of an Ajax handler for processing requests to erase personal data. At the time, a method for marking requests as completed was planned, but had not yet been created. This commit introduces that mechanism, bringing the erasure process closer to completion.
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Fixes#43922.
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r43008 refactored the request flow to make several improvements, but accidentally marked `completed` requests as `confirmed`. This commit restores the intended statuses, so that the data and corresponding UI reflect reality.
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Fixes#43913.
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Whenever an admin initiates a download or email of a personal data export, a fresh copy of the file is generated. Previously, a new filename was used each time, which could lead to situations where a URL that was emailed to a data subject is broken.
That can be avoided by reusing the same filename when building fresh archives.
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Fixes#43905.
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The new features are very important for some users, because of their GDPR obligations. They're also spread across multiple top-level menus, making them less discoverable. An admin pointer will help to ensure that users are aware of the new tools and how to find them.
Props desrosj, andreamiddleton, allendav, xkon.
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Fixes#43942.
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The personal data export and erasure tools allow plugins to register their own callbacks, in order to add additional data to the export and erasure processes. Previously, these were registered without specifying a constant identifier in the array of callbacks. Using mutable integers makes it difficult for plugins to modify the callbacks of other plugins, though.
Using associative array keys instead provides a covenient and reliable way to identify and interact with another plugin's callbacks.
Props desrosj, allendav, ocean90.
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Fixes#43931.
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Insert both the text and tutorial in new policy pages and highlight is brightly in the editor.
Show only the suggested text in the policy postbox.
Props melchoyce, idea15, allendav, xkon, macbookandrew, azaozz.
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Fixes#43473.
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Multisite networks have a variety of use cases, and in many of them single-site administrators are not trusted to take actions that affect the whole network, require making decisions about legal compliance, etc. By default, those actions should require super admin capabilities. Plugins can be used to override that behavior if a particular site's use case calls for it.
Props allendav, jeremyfelt, iandunn.
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Fixes#43919.
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This runs immediately after the data export file has been successfully created, allowing plugins to introduce some workflow customizations. For example, a plugin could password-protect the export file, for peace of mind, even though the CSPRN in the filename makes brute force attacks nearly impossible.
Props iandunn.
Merges [43047] to the 4.9 branch.
See #43546.
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The primary means of protecting the files is the CSPRN appended to the filename, but there is no reason to keep the files after the data subject has downloaded them, so deleting them provides an additional layer of protection. Previously this was done from `wp_privacy_generate_personal_data_export_file()`, but that does not guarantee that it will be run regularly, and on smaller sites that could result in export files being exposed for much longer than necessary.
`wp_privacy_delete_old_export_files()` was moved to a front end file, so that it can be called from `cron.php`.
This introduces the `wp_privacy_export_expiration` filter, which allows plugins to customize how long the exports are kept before being deleted.
`index.html` was added to the `$exclusions` parameter of `list_files()` to make sure that it isn't deleted. If it were, then poorly-configured servers would allow the directory to be traversed, exposing all of the exported files.
Props iandunn, desrosj.
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See #43546.
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`rand()` is deterministic and therefore offers much less protection in this context. `wp_generate_password()` is a convenient wrapper around `wp_rand()`, which uses `random_int()` to generate cryptographically-secure psuedorandom numbers.
Props iandunn.
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See #43546.
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