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Hey Enfold team,
I´d like to use YouTube hyperlinks for my website that leads to the YouTube website in a new browser tab.
If I insert a YouTube hyperlink, the corresponding video will automatically open on my site.
Although the automatic playback of the video is a stylish function, it is unfortunately a data protection problem in Germany.
So please let me know how to prevent it.Thank you very much in advance.
Best regards,
fkmHey fkm,
Thanks for the link to your page, but I don’t find a youtube link or video on it, when I check our demo page for our video element the videos don’t automatically play unles the option is enabled in the video element settings.
Please explain in further detail which element you are adding the video link to, and how we can reproduce this.Best regards,
MikeHey Mike,
thank you very much for your quick reply.I didn´t use a video element for the youtube linking, it was just an ordinary link marker in a text field in a tab (tab element).
I had set the page for the link to open in another browser tab, but the video opens in the same window on my page.
In the meantime I removed the link to avoid being warned by a shady law firm (which has actually happened once before in a similar case).
The problem is that YouTube data is accessed via servers in the US and that is probably a data protection problem in Germany.
But an external link should be okay (I don’t know exactly).Now I’ve put the link back in so you can check (please see the link below).
Please excuse the misunderstanding.
Thanks a lot for another reply in advance.
Best regards
fkmHi,
Thanks, I see the link but the video is not automatically loading or playing for me.
There are plugins like borlabs that will give you a shortcode to wrap links so that a user must approve it before it will open after clicking, sort of like a another cookie message, perhaps this is what the shady law firm means?
I have not used borlabs, but manu people on the forum recommends it for GDPR.Best regards,
MikeHi Mike,
yes, I guess this is what the law firm means (“shady” because they were demanding compensation for a client who arbitrarily reported a large number of website operators).
I will take a closer look to the plugin – thank you ver much.
Best regards,
fkmHi,
Sounds like extortion, nonetheless it should help, if you have any further questions please create a new thread and we will gladly try to help you. Thank you for using Enfold.Best regards,
Mike
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