PrivacyProof · WooCommerce
GDPR + the cookie rules require a clear privacy policy, lawful opt-in for non-essential cookies, and a way for people to exercise their data rights. Check yours in 60 seconds.
WooCommerce is self-hosted, so almost nothing is handled for you — you own the stack, the data, and therefore the compliance. That's more control and more responsibility than a hosted marketplace.
📦 On WooCommerce: Because you self-host, every EU obligation that touches data, checkout or disclosures sits with you; no marketplace is absorbing any of it. What WooCommerce handles: Plugins can add a cookie banner and data tools, but installing and configuring them correctly is on you — WooCommerce ships nothing compliant by default.
This rule applies to WooCommerce sellers who collect personal data from visitors in the EU or UK. Collect data from EU/UK visitors? Check your privacy policy, cookie consent, and data-rights handling. Not sure? The free checker tells you in about a minute — no signup.
Whatever the platform handles, you still need to be able to answer "yes" to each of these — these are the points WooCommerce sellers most often get caught on:
⚠️ Exposure: up to €20M or 4% of global turnover (Art. 83) · Status: In force. On WooCommerce, that's on top of any account suspension for breaking platform policy.
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Plugins can add a cookie banner and data tools, but installing and configuring them correctly is on you — WooCommerce ships nothing compliant by default.
If you serve EU/UK visitors and use any non-essential cookies (analytics, advertising), yes — they must load only after the visitor opts in, with a Reject option as easy as Accept.
What data you collect, why, the lawful basis, who you share it with, how long you keep it, international transfers, and how to exercise data rights — in plain language, available at collection.
Up to €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover, whichever is higher — plus regulator orders and reputational damage.
RuleGoose checks this against the EU GDPR (Reg. (EU) 2016/679), UK GDPR + ePrivacy/cookie rules. Read it yourself: EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 →
or get one RuleGoose Score across every rule your WooCommerce store has to meet.
GDPR privacy & cookie consent is one of several rules a WooCommerce store has to meet. See the full WooCommerce compliance checklist →, or read the platform-neutral GDPR privacy & cookie consent guide.
Informational only, not legal advice, and not affiliated with the EU or WooCommerce. Last reviewed 2026-06-30.