SPPB Form Element And IP Addresses
Scott
Hello,
I am having a minor issue with the SPBP form element
The form send no issue but th eip address of the sender is recorderd both the confirmation email sent to th esender and the site receiver
There is no optrion in the for to prevent his unwanted colelction of personal data.
Other problem I have disabled the captahc element but the form received by both reciever and sender included the privacy and gdpr as NO why is that info in both forms when recieved even though it's not enabled
Other than staff does anyone know how to disable colelcting ip addresses
Paul Frankowski
Accepted AnswerIf you bravely decided to edit Contact Form addon - file site.php from it - just edit and remove line 485:
$mailBody .= '<p><strong>' . Text::_('COM_SPPAGEBUILDER_ADDON_AJAX_CONTACT_SENDER_IP') . '</strong>: ' . $ipAddress . '</p>';
Yes, you can also override that addon using SPPB guide/documenation tips. And then site owner will not get/see IP of sender anymore.
Yes, I asked to add ON/OFF in future updates. But you know how to solve it already without waiting.
Paul Frankowski
Accepted AnswerHi Scott,
Form Builder addon do not check/send IP. As I remember only Contact addon does that.
If you don't want touch php code of addon, for example, rebuild a new form using Form Builder addon, it's more flexible solution.
Paul Frankowski
Accepted AnswerI don't fully understand that part
I have disabled the captahc element but the form received by both reciever and sender included the privacy
But I share some facts:
- In Form Builder addon you can set who gets message, and only one person can get it.
- In Contact Form Addon you can disable "Send a copy to sender" and sender will not get a copy of his message. And only site owner will get it. (SPPB Pro 5.5.7)
- If somebody gets a message which he/she sent a moment ago it does not violate privacy. Especially if it was included in Privacy Policy notice.
- Yes, IP may be a small problem, but it's topic for lawyers & court.
- Fun fact, in traditional email headers, especially those sent from software like Outlook or Thunderbird, you can often find the sender’s IP address in the "Received" fields of the full email header. However, webmail services (like Gmail, Yahoo) do not include the sender's real IP address to protect user privacy.
- Cloudflare Turnstile Captcha that can be also used in our addons, meets ePrivacy Directive and GDPR compliance requirements. And as I know it's used even on lawyers websites (for example in Holland).