Xenforo 1.5.20a

Slightly ahead of schedule, we are today releasing stable versions of both XenForo 1.5.20 and XenForo 2.0.6 which implement some new functionality to aid compliance with theGDPR.

A summary of the changes in this release for both XF1 and XF2:

• New notice position "Fixed" which fixes notices to the bottom of the page.
  
• GDPR: New default privacy policy help page
  
• GDPR: Ability to mark change log entries as "protected" so they will never be pruned
  
• GDPR: New fields to log the date and time that the privacy policy / terms and rules were last accepted (logged as protected in the user change log)
  
• GDPR: Now possible to force all members to accept privacy policy / terms and rules before continuing using the site
  
• GDPR: More detailed cookie notice which has to be explicitly acknowledged. It will appear in the new "Fixed" notice position.
  
• GDPR: Updated default Cookie help page text.
  
• GDPR: When deleting a user, give an option to change their name in order to anonymize content they have created.
  
• GDPR: Functionality to allow very basic personal details to be exported in XML format on one forum and imported into another to comply with data portability.
  
• GDPR: Require explict consent when registering and only log acceptance if consent was given.
  
• GDPR: New option to show "Require site email" option to be filled in during registration (with consent date being logged if appropriate).
  
• GPDR: Add a new option to anonymise IP addresses for Google Analytics.