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I wish more people would just use self-hosted analysis tools and stop tracking people across sites. I think github does this and they wrote a blog post detailin
by brodo 5y ago
I wish more people would just use self-hosted analysis tools and stop tracking people across sites. I think github does this and they wrote a blog post detailing their reasoning.
- oneeyedpigeon 5y agoUnfortunately, the default for many is Google Analytics. It would be very nice to have a client-side analytics provider with a default position of total anonymity.
- esperent 5y agoIf you're collecting analytics data yourself you still need to comply with GDPR so you still need a cookie banner for anything but extremely basic analytics.
- jtbayly 5y agoOr you can just ignore GDPR if you're outside the EU.
- elevatortrim 5y agoAlternatively, do not track personal data and do not show any forms.
- esperent 5y agoIf you don't want to do business in the EU, sure. Collecting the data of EU citizens and using it for advertising purposes means you're doing business in the EU though. This applies whether it's you doing the collecting or Google's "free" analytics service. Of course if you're a running a small website you'll probably get away with it. For now.
- Rygian 5y agoThat's not linked to consent forms. If you self host everything, but are still using my personal info, you need my consent.