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Re:Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics by AdriaanvRossum on Thursday June 23, 2022 @06:02PM (#31855665)
Regarding forbidden countries, it’s not forbidden in the Netherlands, yet. They will announce a verdict in a form of a report by the end of 2022 [1].

To give people an option and pink something else over Google Analytics, I have built an alternative, Simple Analytics [2].

It doesn’t use cookies or any form of tracking and you get still the useful data that 80% of the website owners need.

[1] https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/nl/onderwerpen/interne... (in Dutch)

[2] https://simpleanalytics.com

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Re:Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics by jeroenhd on Thursday June 23, 2022 @06:09PM (#31855727)
Worth mentioning that DPAs tend to work together to prevent conflicting laws across the EU. Following Austrian, French, and now Italian rulings, it's almost guaranteed that the Dutch authority will come to the same conclusion.
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Re:Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics by AdriaanvRossum on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:45PM (#31865361)
Yes, I think so too.
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Re:Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics by apd_ on Thursday June 23, 2022 @11:48PM (#31857603)
How do you track "visitors"?
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Re:Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics by AdriaanvRossum on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:44PM (#31865349)
With a referrer, see these docs [1]

[1] https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/explained/unique-visits

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