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Mathieu Paapst

assistant professor at University of Groningen

@paapst The Netherlands joined Aug 2018

mathieu.paapst.nl github.com/Paapst Slack: @Paapst
    Teams Core

    Bio

    LLM PhD . Assistant professor IT-law and Privacy Law @ Groningen University. Coordinating Legal Advisor @ Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs
    Retired: project lead on http://www.cookiedatabase.org. Retired: WordPress: Core-Privacy volunteer. Co-founder and former owner Complianz.

    Interests

    IT law, privacy, open source, procurement, open data.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Created my first WordPress website in 2005.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '22 Meta Contributor '21 Plugin Developer
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '19

    Current Job

    assistant professor
    Present
    University of Groningen

    Recent impact

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    Team focus

    Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 3 releases
    • 6.8
    • 6.2
    • 6.0

    Contributions

    Type
    February 2025
    Feb 27 Thu · 22:42
    Core high
    Mentioned in [59883] on WordPress SVN:
    Embeds: Add support for youtube-nocookie.com domain.
    February 2023
    Feb 20 Mon · 12:46
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Feb 07 Tue · 17:12
    Core high
    Mentioned in [55277] on WordPress SVN:
    Twenty Twelve: Bundle Google Fonts locally.
    Feb 07 Tue · 16:43
    Core high
    Mentioned in [55274] on WordPress SVN:
    Twenty Thirteen: Bundle Google Fonts locally.
    Feb 07 Tue · 15:57
    Core high
    Mentioned in [55270] on WordPress SVN:
    Twenty Fourteen: Bundle Google Fonts locally.
    Feb 07 Tue · 15:50
    Core high
    Mentioned in [55268] on WordPress SVN:
    Twenty Fifteen: Bundle Google Fonts locally.
    Feb 07 Tue · 15:43
    Core high
    Mentioned in [55267] on WordPress SVN:
    Twenty Sixteen: Bundle Google Fonts locally.
    Feb 07 Tue · 15:29
    Core high
    Mentioned in [55266] on WordPress SVN:
    Twenty Seventeen: Bundle Google Fonts locally.
    Feb 07 Tue · 14:03
    Core high
    Mentioned in [55261] on WordPress SVN:
    Privacy: Add `rel="privacy-policy"` to the Privacy Policy link.
    October 2022
    Oct 20 Thu · 20:17
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [Complianz - GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent] This does not ensure POPIA Compliance, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @veronicaibarra Thank you for your review. In 2021, after consulting with our legal team…

    Contributor

    Plugins

    Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor - #nl_NL

    Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent and Complianz – Terms and Conditions

    Nederlands (Formeel) (Dutch (Formal)) Translation Contributor - #nl_NL_formal

    Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent and Complianz – Terms and Conditions

    Deutsch (Sie) (German (Formal)) Translation Contributor - #de_DE_formal

    Complianz – Terms and Conditions

    English (Pirate) Translation Contributor - #art_xpirate

    Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent