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Pause google analytics usage until its compliance with GDPR is verified. #284

Closed ArcEye closed 6 years ago

ArcEye commented 6 years ago

If you use google analytics, despite in effect giving them all your site traffic data for free, in return for a rehashed view of it, you are counted as the 'data controller'.

Even the retention of accessing IP addresses is regarded as personal information.

Safest thing for now is to suspend use until assessed as compliant, or consider discontinuance if of no practical benefit.

Signed-off-by: Mick arceye@mgware.co.uk

ArcEye commented 6 years ago

I personally favour the discontinuance option.

We are not a commercial organisation looking at harvesting data for targeted selling or similar. Do we actually care who visits the site? Even if so, we could install a site traffic analysis program on the server and not give google all our visitors data.

luminize commented 6 years ago

I agree, if we haven't looked at this for the past yrs than surely we don't miss it.