Re: [libreoffice-website] Localized page visits stats

Hi,

Am 07.04.2012 13:32, schrieb Florian Effenberger:
> Olivier Hallot wrote on 2012-04-07 04:02:
> > Do you mean that no German site use Google Analytics because of privacy
> > issues in German Law? I think this is a bit of an exageration.
>
> Christian is right. Google Analytics is a serious problem, because of
> exporting European data to third-party US providers, and there have even
> been, IIRC, cease and desist letters to those still doing so. Germany
> has rather strict data protection laws, but I guess the situation is
> rather similar inside Europe.

Getting worse too in Austria, an ever since existing backlink to a
customer's office at a public bath was denied shortly by the Viennese
municipality for the reason we're using an "illegal tool to enhance
search engine results" which was identified as Analytics after hours of
telephone calls with the webfuzzing paper-shufflers in concern.

More to the point it's best practice meanwhile to put up a disclaimer
telling visitors to leave the page in case they do not want to share
their data via GA. The extensions Drew mentioned don't seem to be
popular, at least amongst people I know.

I'd rather think it is less about violating laws but the strange image
which is commonly spread already and probably leading to weird opinions
like the one above.

2 ct  :)

cheers
Erich

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