Legal Settings Configuration
Introduction
Because of one or more legal frameworks around the world, some ownCloud instances may need to display links to both an Imprint as well as a Privacy Policy on all pages (both in the Web UI and within email templates). An Imprint document is a legally mandated statement of the ownership and authorship of the ownCloud installation. You can think of an Imprint as a rather fancy "About Us" page or an enhanced "Terms and Conditions" page; in Germany, this is known as an "Impressum".
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Imprint and Privacy Policy links are shown on all public pages and in e-mail footers. Authenticated pages, such as files app or settings, do not show them. |
Because of one or more legal frameworks around the world, some ownCloud instances may need to have links to Imprint and Privacy Policies on all pages; both in the WebUI and within email templates. Some of the more global legal frameworks prominent are:
ownCloud Administrators may also be required to display a legal disclosure document, both in the WebUI and within email templates. A legal disclosure document is a legally mandated statement of the ownership and authorship of the ownCloud installation.
| You can also think of it as a rather fancy "About Us" page or an enhanced "Terms and Conditions" page. In Germany, this is known as an "Impressum". |
If you’re required to have one or more of these, you can specify the link to them in two ways.
Using the Web UI
In the Web UI, under "Settings → Admin → General", under the heading "Legal", you can provide a link to an Imprint and a Privacy Policy URL, as you can see in the screenshot below.
| The values entered will auto-save. |
Using the Command Line
From the command line, you can use the occ config:app:get and occ config:app:set commands, as in the code sample below.
# Get the current values, if any, for the Imprint and Privacy Policy URLs
php occ config:app:get core legal.imprint_url
php occ config:app:get core legal.privacy_policy_url
# Set the Imprint and Privacy Policy URLs
php occ config:app:set core legal.imprint_url --value=new_value
php occ config:app:set core legal.privacy_policy_url --value=new_valueFor more information about these commands, refer to the config command reference in the occ commands documentation.