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GoatCounter claims to be GDPR compliant, but also says it collects: URL of the visited page. Referer header. User-Agent header. Screen size. Country name based
by statstutor 6y ago
GoatCounter claims to be GDPR compliant, but also says it collects:
URL of the visited page.
Referer header.
User-Agent header.
Screen size.
Country name based on IP address.
A hash of the IP address, User-Agent, and random number
As such, it seems to be processing user data that could be linked to an individual person.
I'd be cautious about the claim that GoatCounter is totally GDPR compliant (without a consent notice). You're safe, for now, on the basis that this doesn't seem likely to be tested in law.
- Proven 6y agoThey don't claim that. In their docs they explain why it's unlikely that Goatcounter sites need consent. RTFM if you want to be "cautious".
- arp242 6y ago> GoatCounter claims to be GDPR compliant It claims it's probably GDPR compliant, but it's pretty transparent about various possible caveats and such on the GDPR page[1]. [1]: https://www.goatcounter.com/gdpr https://www.goatcounter.com/gdpr
- statstutor 6y agoAh, I read another page it frames this slightly differently, e.g. https://www.goatcounter.com/why https://www.goatcounter.com/why "There should always be an option to add GoatCounter to your site without requiring a GDPR consent notice."
- arp242 6y agoIt's tricky writing these kind of things haha. You can actually disable data collection for a number of parameters: disable "User-Agents" for example and they will never be stored to disk. I should probably update a few of these pages.