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For sure an interesting take. Is there really no way to bypass gdpr restrictions if the only functionality you need is unique visitors? It's been a while since
by mkmk3 4y ago
For sure an interesting take. Is there really no way to bypass gdpr restrictions if the only functionality you need is unique visitors? It's been a while since I read the gdpr doc, so at what point does your activity become relevant to its restrictions?
- jefftk 4y agoTo track unique visitors you need cookies or some other form of client-side storage. In Europe that means, per ePrivacy which predates the GDPR, you need cookie consent.
- tensor 4y agoI looked into this, and yes, there are some services that can do analytics without the cookie. E.g https://usefathom.com https://usefathom.com. However, the vast majority use cookies and the ones that don't often have a much higher cost. Ultimately, some of these alternatives that avoid the cookie law are simply finding tech work arounds. I have no doubt in my mind that the gov would find a way to require popups for those services if they were more prevalent.
- tinus_hn 4y agoYou could just set a cookie that is a binary ‘I have already seen you’ value, gdpr only cares if you create identifiers.