WordPress 4.9.6 official release: fully compatible with EU GDPR
WordPress 4.9.6 official release. This update is mainly intended to be compatible with the upcoming General Data Protection Regulations in Europe, namely the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This privacy and maintenance release includes 37 enhancements, 51 bug fixes, and 2 tasks. WordPress 4.9.6 is not an ordinary minor version update, but a very important update.
As the European GDPR regulations will take effect on May 25, 2018, websites that violate this rule will be penalized at a maximum of 4% of global income. Therefore, Google, Facebook, etc. have updated the privacy policy under this regulation, which has a very wide range of influence.
However, many domestic small and medium-sized trading companies have not yet prepared and have not even heard of this regulation. For your site, we strongly recommend that you upgrade to WordPress 4.9.6 as soon as possible to be compatible with the GDPR regulations.
After upgrading to WordPress 4.9.6, you will first notice that the “Privacy” tab has been added to the welcome screen after the successful update. This is to remind users that your website may send data to WordPress.org for updates to WordPress core programs, themes, and plugins. In addition, this page also contains a link to the WordPress privacy policy.
