[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #7867: Privacy: Default email notification preferences
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Sat Jun 16 13:41:18 UTC 2018
#7867: Privacy: Default email notification preferences
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Reporter: boonebgorges | Owner: (none)
Type: defect (bug) | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 4.0
Component: Core | Version:
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: 2nd-opinion needs-patch |
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Comment (by boonebgorges):
@DJPaul Thanks very much for the thoughts. I'm philosophically sympathetic
to the idea that the preferences ought to be opt-in. That being said, I'm
unsure whether we're required to make this change as part of GDPR and
other regulations, as notification emails are structurally different
("transactional") from marketing emails.
In any case, I feel very strongly that turning email notifications off by
default is liable to have a very bad effect on organizations that use
BuddyPress for internal communication (as opposed to more open, social-
networky uses). We should not make this change without introducing some
other built-in mechanism for sites to prompt for users to opt in. Some
ideas:
1. Introduce these preferences into the registration process
2. Show a (persistent but dismissable?) notice to new users that they
should visit their preferences
3. Redirect users to their Settings page on the first login
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Ticket URL: <https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7867#comment:2>
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