Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics

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  • Here are the URLs for those who disable Javascript (from https://github.com/PostHog/isgoogleanalyticslegal.com)

    https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=DSB_(Austria_-_2021-0.586...

    https://www.cnil.fr/en/use-google-analytics-and-data-transfe...

    https://www.gpdp.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/d...

    https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-dsb-eu-us-data-transfers-google-...

    NOYB is the primary source tracking these cases and generally was also responsible for filing them, or for filing the complaints that led to them. All the details are available from NOYB's GDPRhub wiki, https://gdprhub.eu.

    As stated in 13 Jan 2022 announcement on noyb.eu, these decisions are generally the result of the "Max Schrems II" decision. After that decision, Schrems filed 101 complaints to DPAs, and now the chickens are coming home to roost. The "tech" companies love to use the phrase "change the world". Well, Schrems is poised to do that. IMHO, it will be a change for the better, not the worse.

    NOYB's GDPRhub attempts to provide information on all the European DPAs including how to file complaints. At the least it does provide contact info for all the DPAs and English translations of DPA decisions.

    Note that the "legality" of Google Fonts, under the default configuration, is also in question. Arguably use of Google Fonts is even more widespread than use of Google Analytics.

  • isgoogleanalyticsillegal.com

  • Here are the URLs for those who disable Javascript (from https://github.com/PostHog/isgoogleanalyticsillegal.com)

    https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=DSB_(Austria_-_2021-0.586...

    https://www.cnil.fr/en/use-google-analytics-and-data-transfe...

    https://www.gpdp.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/d...

    https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-dsb-eu-us-data-transfers-google-...

    NOYB is the primary source tracking these cases and generally was also responsible for filing the complaints that led to them. All the details are available from NOYB's GDPRhub wiki, https://gdprhub.eu. GDPRhub attempts to provide information on all the European DPAs including how to file complaints. At the least it provides contact info for all the DPAs and English translations of DPA decisions.

    As stated in 13 Jan 2022 announcement on noyb.eu, these decisions are generally the result of the "Max Schrems II" decision. After that decision, Schrems filed 101 complaints to DPAs, and now the chickens are coming home to roost.

    Note that the "legality" of Google Fonts, under the default configuration, is also in question. Arguably use of Google Fonts is even more widespread than use of Google Analytics.

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  • I've slowly started ripping Google Analytics out of my Rails projects and replacing it with https://github.com/ankane/ahoy.

    It's so much better! I can just use SQL to see what's going in and not get overwhelmed with 100's of visualizations and complicated dashboards.

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  • I use Ahoy too, but I don't have very good visibility into the data. I should spend more time building queries and creating charts. I should probably set up blazer as well: https://github.com/ankane/blazer

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