# Privacy (GDPR / DSGVO)

## Introduction

This page provides you some useful tips how to handle privacy settings for your visitors with powermail. Please note
that this page is just a help but not a legal binding declaration.

## Cookies

Powermail does not store a cookie per default on the visitors browser since version 6.0.
Nevertheless there are two reasons why powermail is forced to store a cookie because of its settings:

* Marketing Static Template is added: If you are collecting information about page funnel or other useful information about your visitor, powermail needs to store a TYPO3 frontend cookie.
* Session check - spam prevention: If you turn on a session check via TypoScript, a TYPO3 frontend cookie will be used.

**Note:** Session check is turned off by default with powermail. In older versions the session check is turned on by
default and must be disabled via configuration:

`plugin.tx_powermail.settings.setup.spamshield.methods.4._enable = 0`

or disable all spamshield methods:

`plugin.tx_powermail.settings.setup.spamshield._enable = 0`

## IP-Address

Powermail does not store the IP-address of the visitor by default since version 6.0. If you want to store this information
(to provide some anti-spam or anti-hack-methods) you have to turn this feature on in the extension manager settings.

**Note:** If you update your TYPO3, the configuration to save the IP-address may be already stored and must be turned off.

## Add a link in a checkbox label

Now, with the GDPR change, we get a lot of questions how to add a link like "privacy terms accepted" in a checkbox
label.

Just use an option in your FlexForm like (with an example link to page 123 where the privacy terms are located):

`I accept the <f:link.page pageUid="123">privacy terms</f:link.page> | privacy terms accepted`

After that you have to enable html in labels (this feature is turned off for security reasons). Example TypoScript
constants:

`plugin.tx_powermail.settings.misc.htmlForLabels = 1`

## Disable storing of mails in database

If you don't need to store mails in the database, you can simply turn it off with a bit of TypoScript:

`plugin.tx_powermail.settings.db.enable = 0`

## Deleting of old mails

See the Scheduler section in the manual to see how you can remove old mails from the database.

## Notes

Please consider to not ask your website visitors for more information then you need for the request to meet
the requirements of the GDPR.