[kinakuta]

Sadly, that's been happening for a couple of years already. The German data protection laws have been almost as strict as the GDPR for quite some time and since then there have been many private sector law firms that have threatened to sue for data protection violations and sent a written warning letter, which says "pay the fees of a couple of hundred Euros now or be fined a couple of thousand in case a judge finds you guilty". In effect this has created a whole industry of firms just finding non-compliant websites and sending them written warning letters. And it's perfectly legal, ethically and morally questionable, but legal.

[kinakuta]

Well, it depends which country is hosting the site.
In Germany there are specialized law firms that will sent a disciplinary warning letter to a site not 100% GDPR compliant and they charge a couple hundred Euros for it. Some law firms do nothing else but find site that are non-compliant. That's their business model. Sad, but a reality.
So you better get everything 100% in order for the 25th.

[kinakuta]

Yes, that's exactly what I mean. And yes, it looks ugly at the moment, too.
Also, I agree that getting user consent while signing up using the form is preferable to only having a notice in the email.
So I hope this will be fixed soon as the GDPR deadline is tomorrow.

[kinakuta]

I saw the update, but it only offers a link to the privacy page. I need a user checkbox, because the user needs to opt-in before submitting the data.
Currently, there is no way to add a checkbox and a text like "hereby I consent to XXX storing my data for the purpose of sending my newsletters...etc."

Any ideas?

[kinakuta]

I did contact their support and submitted a ticket. But so far I haven't gotten a response, which is why I'm asking here.

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