In reply to David.

Appreciate your concern about Jetpack and GDPR.

A common misconception is that it's not permissible for a plugin to transfer personal data or "phone home". In fact, this is allowed as long as safeguards are in place to honor key rights established by GDPR. Chief among these are transparency about the data that a plugin collects or transfers, and choice and control over a plugin's data use. Over the past several months, we've put a lot of time, thought, and effort in to building tools and documentation to help Jetpack honor these important rights and to bring it in to compliance with this new law.

You can read more about these features here: https://jetpack.com/support/privacy/ and about our broader ongoing efforts related to the GDPR here: https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2018/05/14/new-privacy-features-and-updated-policies/

If you have specific questions about how Jetpack works or how we’re addressing GDPR issues in Jetpack, please do reach out to us directly. Thanks!