Tapatalk and GDPR
The Tapatalk plugin on this site has been upgraded to version 5.0.5 which complies with GDPR.
Following is info provided by Tapatalk:
We’d like you to know that after a few weeks of dedicated work, Tapatalk is now GDPR ready! The GDPR affects European and non-European businesses using online advertising and measurement solutions when their sites and apps are accessed by users in the European Economic Area (EEA). While the GDPR only applies to EEA countries, we are rolling out the same privacy guidelines to all Tapatalk users globally.
We have also updated the Site Owner’s License Agreement to meet the new GDPR requirements.
We believe that privacy is fundamental in building a community, and have been taking steps to minimize the collection of use of data whenever possible.
Plugins
The Tapatalk Plugin does not access any personal information, such as name, email, or cookie information, of forum members. And the Plugin never collects any sensitive information, such as Tax ID numbers, banking or credit card information, or health information.
In some cases, IPs have been sent through the Tapatalk Plugin, and the IPs were used for spam and inappropriate content detection. We are not storing any IP address information. We are now using alternative tools to detect spam and inappropriate posts, and no longer have any need for IPs.
As well as IP address, the Tapatalk Plugin update will also not pass any email address between the Tapatalk server and the plugin when the user login or sign up to your forum. We will have Plugin updates for the eight supported forum systems. With the update, we will no longer collect IPs and transmit email address.
