[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43443: Add a method for confirmation of requests for deleting or anonymizing of personal data

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#43443: Add a method for confirmation of requests for deleting or anonymizing of
personal data
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 Reporter:  azaozz                          |       Owner:  mikejolley
     Type:  enhancement                     |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                          |   Milestone:  4.9.6
Component:  General                         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr needs-testing needs-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by azaozz):

 Replying to [comment:29 mikejolley]:
 > ...the verification system is independent of that on purpose so it could
 be used in other places. For example, if I wanted to use these for lost
 password emails I wouldn't need to log via the CPT.

 Hmm, why not? On large/busy sites it would be nice to see when somebody
 has changed passwords, or the last time an email was verified. Perhaps we
 can abstract the CPT a bit, make it more generic, then set different
 `post_name` depending on request type?

 I was also thinking we would need only one CPT, not one per request type.
 We can use all the data WP_Post has to offer: title, post_name, content,
 content_filtered, excerpt, etc. etc. For example the request type can be
 stored in post_name, and the request status (pending, verified, expired)
 in post_status.

 The main reason we started using CPTs was to not store the verification
 key in the options table :)

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