[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #59445: Emoji Caching violates GDPR / CCPA

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#59445: Emoji Caching violates GDPR / CCPA
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 Reporter:  antmg         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  6.4
Component:  Emoji         |     Version:  6.3
 Severity:  major         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  performance, privacy
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Comment (by JavierCasares):

 And, there is the exception:

 https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-
 electronic-communications/guide-to-pecr/guidance-on-the-use-of-cookies-
 and-similar-technologies/what-are-the-rules-on-cookies-and-similar-
 technologies/#rules10

 ''What activities are likely to meet the ‘strictly necessary’ exemption?''

 ''Activities likely to fall within the ‘strictly necessary’ exemption
 include those that relate to the specific functionality of your service –
 ie, without them, the user would be unable to undertake certain
 activities. Cookies that don’t relate to what is strictly necessary would
 need consent.''

 ''Common examples include:''

 ''Cookies that help ensure that the content of a page loads quickly and
 effectively by distributing the workload across numerous computers (this
 is often referred to as ‘load balancing’ or ‘reverse proxying’)''

 This is a cache thing, so it's a "communication" thing. This information
 is used to improve the user-experience and nothing more, so it shouldn't
 have any problem to be used.

 Usually legal people don't fit all the possibilities, but in this case is
 clear to me. This data is to improve the performance of the communications
 (and reduce the load) so you don't need the consent.



 This conversation relates with this session:
 https://make.wordpress.org/summit/2023/09/04/community-summit-discussion-
 notes-open-source-participation-in-global-legislation/

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