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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by rdiddly on Thursday February 10, 2022 @11:17AM (#30288359)
If it were true as AdriaanvRossum said above that Simple Analytics data has "no identifiers" (taking that at face value for now) then that seems exactly analogous to those cash transactions someotherperson describes.
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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by shkkmo on Thursday February 10, 2022 @12:19PM (#30289409)
Simple Analytics absolutely does receive identifies (namely IP address). They claim they do not store these address, but that depends entirely on trusting them and their closed source software.

This is very unlike the accounting firm, which never receives any identifying for cash transactions and thus couldn't store it even if they wanted to.

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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by croes on Thursday February 10, 2022 @03:22PM (#30291920)
Not quite analogous. If they ask for my zip code every time I buy something cash that's more similar.

It's still a difference between not having data and not storing it. The later needs trust, the former doesn't.

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