Mercury Documentation

Disqus comments

Adds the comment function of the external online service Disqus to the page.

Disqus is an external service provider that offers comment functions for websites. To use the service, you have to set up an account with Disqus first.

Dynamic function
Disqus comments
Description of all element settings

Instructions on how to set up the Disqus function for your own website, as well as further information on data protection for the usage of Disqus, can be found on the provider's website.

To the Disqus website

The integration of Disqus comments may be relevant under data protection law. Disqus sets its own cookies. These are blocked by the cookie banner if the user has rejected external cookies. Disqus comments should only be used if all data protection questions have been clarified.

This feature sets cookies in the “External Content” group.

This feature uses JavaScript from external servers.

The execution of the DISQUS function is controlled by the cookie banner. The DISQUS function will therefore NOT be displayed if the web user has not consented to external cookies.

This function only affects pages on which the Disqus function element is used.

When the page is loaded, cookies are set by the DISQUS function. These may include tracking functions for the web user. It is not known in what form the cookies set are used for tracking the web user.

External JavaScript files are loaded from the DISQUS provider's servers for this element. These are executed in the context of the page. This enables extensive tracking of the web user's activities on the displayed page. It is not known whether this is actually used for tracking the web user.

When a page with the DISQUS function is initially loaded, a text “Show comments” can optionally be displayed first. When the page is loaded, no data is transferred to external servers. Only when the web user clicks on the text is the external code activated in this case.

Further information on data protection with DISQUS is available on the provider's website:
https://help.disqus.com/en/articles/1717103-disqus-privacy-policy.