How to adapt your contact forms to GDPR

[shuklarani621]

I continue with the series of posts about the GDPR bomb that has fallen on us (with) prior notice. This time I want to focus on the forms that populate web pages. This is one of the most sensitive points, since through them we obtain personal data from the user (even if it is only the name and email).

How to adapt your forms to GDPR?
From now on, before a user sends you any information through a form, they must give you express consent to process their data. How can you get it? Well, each form must have the following elements:

A brief informative text with basic information on data protection. What I said before, what are you going to do with the information sent to you through that form.
Link to the privacy policy so that the user can see more information.
Checkbox for the user to accept your privacy policy. The form facebook database be submitted until the user checks this box.
You can see a real example in our contact form .

What the authorities want is for the user to know what you are going to do with their data and to accept it before sending the form. Although I personally don't know anyone who reads the privacy policy before sending a form.

Which forms need to be adapted?
Everyone has a contact form on their website, the most common ones are:

Contact form
Feedback form
Subscription form
But as I say, any form that collects personal information from users is subject to these changes.

Extreme solutions
The GDPR is causing a lot of uncertainty among bloggers and webmasters. Some are even removing all forms from their websites in order to collect as little data as possible from Internet users. This is a valid option if your website can afford it.

For example, you can remove the contact form and just put an email address. The form may look nicer, but both options are good. You can also do without comments if your website barely receives any visitors or your content is not very “commentable”. In this case, the choice is up to you and you have to weigh up what you gain and what you lose.

How are you dealing with this change in your website's forms? Are you having a lot of headaches adapting to GDPR? Tell us in the comments.

I WISH you a good day,