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Re:Is Google Analytics illegal in your country? by judge2020 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:58AM (#29995313)
> If you were privacy-conscious, you'd self-host at least. Read here:

That page explicitly notes that cookies aren't sent and these requests aren't used for the ad machine. Is using Google Fonts at all the issue just on the chance they're using IP address matching for ads/is them having your IP too much of a risk?

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Re:Is Google Analytics illegal in your country? by kerng on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:27AM (#29995771)
Interesting, I have always assumed that Google and FB would use any request sent to them for tracking and profile building. Probably a safe assumption to be honest.

Just dump all request logs in a giant Data Lake - seems like promotion material idea. (sarcasm).

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Re:Is Google Analytics illegal in your country? by morelisp on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:39AM (#29995978)
> cookies aren't sent

Yes, it says this.

> aren't used for the ad machine

No, it doesn't say this.

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