Risks of conventional share buttons

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Topic: Social Share Buttons Privacy Compliance

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Primary source: https://internetwarriors.de/en/blog/sharing-requires-skills-privacy-compliant-implementation-of-social-share-buttons

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Not suitable if personal data such as IP addresses and cookies should not be sent to third parties without user interaction.

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  • Which personal data can conventional iFrame share buttons send to third parties?: IP addresses and cookies. Conventional social share buttons embedded as iFrames can send this personal data to third parties.
  • When can data transfer happen with conventional social share buttons?: It can happen without user interaction when conventional social share buttons are embedded as iFrames.

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Not suitable if personal data should not be sent without user interaction: Is this true?

Not suitable if personal data such as IP addresses and cookies should not be sent to third parties without user interaction.

Which personal data can conventional iFrame share buttons send to third parties?

IP addresses and cookies. Conventional social share buttons embedded as iFrames can send this personal data to third parties.

When can data transfer happen with conventional social share buttons?

It can happen without user interaction when conventional social share buttons are embedded as iFrames.

Sources

  1. https://internetwarriors.de/en/blog/sharing-requires-skills-privacy-compliant-implementation-of-social-share-buttons

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