GDPR compliance and Magento Marketplace

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The date for GDPR compliance is almost upon us (May 25, 2018).  Magento Marketplace is going to make it easier to communicate privacy policies with current and potential EU customers.

Starting May 1, when logging in to the developer portal, you will be prompted to add the URL to your privacy policy in account settings. The URL will be displayed on all of your extensions' product pages under the documentation link. 

We understand it is your decision to become GDPR compliant, but we believe all customers should have easy access to privacy policies so this new field will be required. 

New developers: Those posting to Magento Marketplace for the first time on May 1 forward, will have to provide their privacy policy URL in order for their extensions to be posted.

Existing developers: Those who have extensions on Magento Marketplace will need to provide their URL before any new extensions or versions can be posted.

For more information about GDPR:

Magento GDPR site

GDPR compliance checklist

EU General Data Protection Regulation website