Update: Multiple Joomla components get GDPR compliance and improvements

08 June 2018

3 min read

Update: Multiple Joomla components get GDPR compliance and improvements

Bringing an update to our products with new functionalities and improvements is a continuous process. Whenever we release an update, the common question pops up on everyone’s mind is what new features and improvements are coming to which of our products. This time, we are adding GDPR compliance and bringing improvements to some of our Joomla components.

Making your website and all extensions with it GDPR compliant is definitely the first and foremost thing you should have in mind as a webmaster. To make the process easier at your end, we already have released SP Cookie Consent, a free extension that sets up cookie notice on your site asking explicit visitors consent.

We did not end there. As a part of this process to help you with GDPR compliance, we are updating our templates and extensions on a regular basis.

What this update is really about

As mentioned earlier, this update is mainly adding GDPR compliance and bringing improvements to some of our Joomla extensions. Let’s see which of our Joomla extensions are being updated and what are being added to them.

GDPR compatibility

As you know, GDPR is mostly about users’ data and the ways you process them on your site. Our updated Joomla extensions now have system to ask visitors to know or agree to your privacy policy whenever users are required to input data on website. The GDPR compliant Joomla extensions are:

SP Property - The real estate extension for Joomla
SP LMS - The Joomla learning management system
SP Medical - Medical management extension for Joomla

Improvements and fixes

Some of our Joomla extensions also got several improvements and fixes. Search module and backend sorting system have been improved in SP Property. Fetching items from inner category issue and duplicate module issue have been fixed in SP Easy Image Gallery along with an option to show/hide image description in image listing. In SP Eventum, we’ve added a backend filter (Speaker, Schedule) to sessions and a frontend item order system to the schedules. So, the improved Joomla extensions in this update are:

SP Easy Image Gallery - Free photo gallery Joomla component
SP Property - The real estate extension for Joomla
SP Eventum - Eventum template based Joomla extension (Exclusive)

Let’s take a look at the complete changelog at a glance.

SP Property

New: GDPR compatibility added
New: Search module reset button added
Tweak: Search module improved
Tweak: Search module sql query improved
Tweak: Backend sorting improved

SP LMS

New: GDPR Compatibility added
New: Included SP Cookie Consent plugin with the pack
Fix: Course details page’s description issue fixed

SP Medical

New: GDPR compatibility added

SP Easy Image Gallery

New: Option to show/hide image description in image listing
Fix: Fetch items from inner category issue fixed
Fix: Duplicate module issue fixed

SP Eventum

New: Backend filter added (Speaker, Schedule) to sessions
New: Frontend item order system added to the schedules

Each update we release is meant to give you the newest features ahead of anyone else in the industry and solve your issues if any. Hope this update will be a great advantage for you as it adds GDPR compatibility to some of our extensions. Many of such updates are underway thanks to our developers who make this possible for you all.

Rayhan Arif

Assistant Vice President, Business Development

Content and web evangelist who loves to discuss life-changing web tools like SP Page Builder & Helix Ultimate, and introduces new templates and helps users have a clear understanding of how they work.

5 years ago

Thank you very much for the updates, I appreciate it.

Maybe I miss the point, but what is your solution for GDPR compliant Cookie consent?

In order to be compliant, you have to distinguish between necessary cookies and other cookies (e.g., Google etc) and to get consent BEVOR you set the other cookies. Then, the user must have the chance to alter hus choice later.

#5562

PS: this is not done by your cookie consent plugin

#5563

The Cookie Consent plugin for Joomla lets you display a cookie (or other legal) notice on your Joomla website and inform the visitors that your site uses cookies. Inside textarea field you can use HTML tags. This plugin presents your cookie and privacy notice when someone visits your site for the first time. You can easily set a text and links to documents as the notice along with a custom color for the notification area.

Soon, in next update which will add more features related with GDPR law. Current version (1.0) doesn't block any cookies.

#5564

AFRINIC Webmaster

if you are referring to the Cookie plugin please make it multilingual as currently it only supports the 1 or the default language (most of the time just English). What if my website is multilingual. Thanks.

#5602

Thank you for your information. I'll wait.

I would suggest that you communicate in a more precise manner, just to avoid missunderstanding: you are not "adding GDPR compliance". It is still not possible to be compliant just with Joomla & Joomshaper stuff. I do not say it in order to attack you, but the reader should be informed about the important matter.

#5565

Thanks for your valuable feedback. We are actually taking care of the issues at our end with such steps. We will do more in days to come.

#5567

Dilruba Tariq

Hu,

We don't have the authority to 'add' compliance now, do we? :p
All Rayhan meant was to say that we will enhance the cookie to make it more compliant with GDPR regulations. The issue has been brought under light many times, and is bound to undergo improvements.

Thanks!

#5585