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Bloom Portfolio is a self hosted website tool. This page explains its cookies, your GDPR and ePrivacy obligations, data transfers and how to deploy it with valid consent.
Bloom Portfolio is provided by Elegant Themes and runs on infrastructure that you control. It supports your website functionality directly, so you act as the controller for any personal data it processes.
Bloom Portfolio processes the data your visitors and members submit and stores first party cookies for sessions or preferences in your own database, so no data leaves your environment unless you connect an external provider.
Even when software is self hosted you remain fully responsible under the GDPR. You decide the purposes and the means, so you must document the processing, secure the data and respect the rights of the people whose data you hold.
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Because Bloom Portfolio sets cookies or processes identifiers that are not strictly necessary, you must obtain prior, informed and freely given consent before it loads.
Bloom stores email opt in records in your own WordPress database, although the email addresses you collect are usually forwarded to the email marketing provider you connect. Even so, record the hosting location in your records of processing to demonstrate accountability under Article 30 GDPR.
Keep Bloom Portfolio updated, restrict who can access the data, set a sensible retention period, describe any cookies it sets in your cookie policy and, if you forward data to an external provider, sign a data processing agreement with that provider.
Websites using Bloom Portfolio must obtain user consent under GDPR regulations.
DPIA considerations
Bloom Portfolio is limited in scope and low risk, so a full DPIA is usually not required, but you should document your screening decision to evidence accountability.
Sample consent text
We use Bloom Portfolio to provide core features of this website. With your consent we store the cookies described in our cookie policy. You can accept, refuse or withdraw your choice at any time.
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elegantthemes.comCookies placed
| Name | Type | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| et_bloom_subscribed | Functional | 1 year | Remembers that the visitor already subscribed so the opt in form is not shown again |
| et_bloom_optin_dismissed | Functional | 1 year | Records that the visitor dismissed the opt in form to avoid showing it repeatedly |
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Bloom Portfolio sets the following cookies: et_bloom_subscribed, et_bloom_optin_dismissed. Each one is listed in the cookie table on this page with its type, duration and purpose, and you should mirror that list in your own cookie policy.
Yes. Bloom Portfolio relies on cookies or identifiers that are not strictly necessary, so under ePrivacy Article 5(3) you must collect prior, informed and freely given consent before it loads.
The lawful basis is Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Record this basis in your records of processing and state it in the privacy notice shown to visitors.
By default no transfer to a third country takes place. Bloom stores email opt in records in your own WordPress database, although the email addresses you collect are usually forwarded to the email marketing provider you connect. Reassess if you later enable an external integration.
A DPIA is usually not required for Bloom Portfolio on its own because the processing is limited and low risk, but document your reasoning.
Implement Bloom Portfolio through your consent layer: keep strictly necessary functions always on, gate optional ones behind consent, sign a data processing agreement with Elegant Themes where it acts as a processor and keep your cookie policy in sync with the real cookies.
Alternatives include other self hosted or privacy friendly tools. Hosting the data yourself avoids an external transfer, which simplifies your compliance position.
List every cookie Bloom Portfolio sets in your cookie policy with its name, purpose and retention, state the legal basis, name Elegant Themes where relevant, and update the policy whenever the tool changes so refusals in your banner are always honoured.