Add Ability to Not Save Contact Form Entries to the Database

[TheJeffr0]

The Contact Form module in Jetpack saves entries to the database and are able to be viewed via the Feedback menu item. These entries contain personal identifiable information. In light of the GDRP which takes affect in May 2018, and in general, I would like the ability to discard entries or not save them to the database.

[eliorivero]

Hi Jeff, this can be done deleting the post after it was used to render the ok message with this filter:

<?php

/**
 * Delete the submitted entry once it's been used to send the mail and render the ok message.
 *
 * @param string $r_success_message Confirmation after message was sent.
 *
 * @return string Confirmation after message was sent.
 */
function er_delete_contact_form_submission( $r_success_message ) {
	if ( isset( $_GET['contact-form-sent'] ) && ctype_digit( $_GET['contact-form-sent'] ) && 'feedback' === get_post_type( $_GET['contact-form-sent'] ) ) {
		wp_delete_post( intval( $_GET['contact-form-sent'] ), true );
	}
	return $r_success_message;
}
add_filter( 'grunion_contact_form_success_message', 'er_delete_contact_form_submission' );

This is an interesting topic, perhaps we'll have to include an option for less tech savvy users so they can choose not to save entries to the db.

[TheJeffr0]

I know that the Jetpack Twitter account notified the public that it's working towards adding Privacy features for GDPR compliance. Perhaps this option could be bundled into that

https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/889023199920443392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.codeinwp.com%2Fblog%2Fcomplete-wordpress-gdpr-guide%2F

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