To adapt our site PrestaShop to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the first step to take is to install the GDPR module. In the case of PrestaShop 1.6.X, we can opt for our module PrestaShop Free GDPR compliance [RGPD 2016/679], while for PrestaShop 1.7 we can install the official PrestaShop module for free.
The second step to take is to subscribe to the Iubenda service in order to generate a privacy policy and cookie policy compliant with the GDPR.
You can get a 10% discount on Iubenda's PRO service by registering through the following link: http://iubenda.refr.cc/SJF8K76
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Let's connect to the site http://iubenda.refr.cc/SJF8K76 and click on the Signup option at the top right, enter our email and a password that we will use to access the service. We will receive an email with the procedure necessary to complete the registration.
After logging in, click on the Dashboard option at the top and then on the Start Generation option (green button). You will find Website already selected; if it is not, select it, then enter the URL of our e-commerce and click on Start Generation.
Let's start creating our privacy policy by clicking on Generate now (green button) in the Privacy and Cookie policy box that appears on our left and then again on Add a service (blue button).
Let's start by selecting the services installed on our e-commerce by entering the service to search for in the Type here to filter field, for example: Sale of goods and services online. Then click on the + that appears to the right of the name after the Pro label. When finished, click on Save and close.
Our GDPR compliance modules have also been reviewed by the industry press: idea WEB July 2018 from page 52 to page 55. Where you can read the complete guide to GDPR compliance for PrestaShop.
Let's move to point 2 - website owner – and enter the owner's details; if the company has appointed a RDP/DPO, their contact information should be included in this form. Once the fields are filled out, click on Next to confirm the entry.
Generating the Cookie Policy is very simple as it is linked to the Privacy Policy we have already generated. Click on the Generate now option in the central column Cookie Solution, in the window that appears leave everything as it is and click on Next at the bottom right.
Scroll down the page to the item Integrate the documents, click on Use the direct link where we will find the URL https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/59844XXX where the number after privacy-policy/ is the ID of the Privacy and Cookie Policy we have generated.
Let's purchase the module Art Iubenda Privacy and Cookie Policy GDPR [RGPD 2016/679] and download it. From the PrestaShop panel, go to Modules and Modules & Services and click on the Upload a module option at the top right. In the pop-up, select the choose a file option and select the module installation package from the local folder where we downloaded it.
We enter the Privacy and Cookie Policy ID (step 5) in the Iubenda API ID field and select the position of the Widget we want from the Widget Position dropdown menu and configure the other options as shown in the image. Now click on Save to confirm the settings.
From the PrestaShop panel, go to Design -> Pages and then click on Edit to edit the CMS. Click on the View Source Code icon on the left of the editor and insert the code and click on Ok.
The Official GDPR compliance module is free for PrestaShop 1.7, for version 1.6 we can use the free module PrestaShop Free GDPR compliance.
The installation of the module is very simple, as in step 7 let's go to Modules & Services.
Let's click on Configure and navigate to the Consent Box Customization option, customize the various messages (we just need to translate them) and then save. Having installed the Art Iubenda module, we will be able to include the widget as indicated in the module manual.
We can now activate the Iubenda cookies law banner. To do this, we simply need to identify the siteID from the inclusion code provided by the service. We enter it in the Iubenda Art module in the appropriate field and activate the banner by enabling the Cookie Law Banner option (see step 8). However, we recommend using our module [FREE] Art Banner Cookiechoices (Eu Cookie Law) GDPR [RGPD 2016/679] which is more complete and perfectly integrated with our other modules such as Art WebMaster Tools, Modulo Art Zendesk Chat formerly Zopim, AddThis Tools: sharing content on social media ...
Author: Loris Modena
For Ind Loris Modena, owner of Arte e Informatica, started working in the IT sector in 1989 as a system administrator responsible for the maintenance and installation of computer systems. He began programming for the web in 1997, focusing on CGI programming in PERL and later transitioning to programming in PHP and JavaScript. During this time, he became familiar with the Open Source world and the management of Linux servers.
