CAOS Pro v2.4.0 introduces increase GDPR compliane for Google Analytics

CAOS Pro v2.3 features easy GDPR compliance for Google Analytics in WordPress

It’s been a few months since I updated this blog. It’s been a few more months since I updated CAOS Pro. Fortunately, not without reason! What you didn’t know, is that I’ve been working on a major update for the past few months! An update that is all about GDPR compliance for using Google Analytics in the EU.

Theme Authors “forced” to Catch Up: Hosting Webfonts Locally “Strongly Encouraged”

In light of the recent GDPR related fines in Germany, the WordPress.org themes team took a stand on hosting webfonts locally. Representative @benachi recently announced that it “strongly encourages theme authors to update their themes” and to “download and bundle Google Fonts with their themes”.

For long-time followers of this blog, this good practice has been a known fact for 2+ years. So it’s kind of sad that WP.org is only catching up now, when fines are flying around. But that’s not all…

Google Analytics EU - GDPR

Will a fancy, new Privacy Shield 2.0 give Google Analytics Europe a future?

Policital agreement has been reached between the EU and the US to update their Privacy Shield legislation. A properly updated EU-US data sharing system would mean that Google Analytics EU has a future after all. I told you!

It might still take over a year for any actual legislation to be drafted and checked by all the relevant boards and commissions. That said, I think it’s an important moment to reflect and share with you the roadmap for CAOS Pro.

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