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I've already offloaded Google Fonts due to the German ruling. I'm happy to self-host piwik if needed, but could that fall foul of regulators?
I don't like Google but seriously this whole GDPR thing is getting out of hand. Anyone who's concerned about their data being collected can just block Google-or-like-related domains. Rest is just making life of web developers/admins/tech company owners harder. Especially with these European intentions I frankly believe this is more of a political war against US and US-based companies. (No, I'm not from US as well)
Got a grandmother?
The onus is on Google to suspend or anonymize Analytics. Individual Website managers can't be expected to discriminate based on geographical origin, as the document seems to imply.
If Google does not do so or fails to do so adequately, then the onus is on website owners to stop using a service which does not allow them to meet their data protection obligations. The data controller can't offload all responsibility to the data processor, in GDPR terms.
I don't like Google but seriously this whole GDPR thing is getting out of hand. Anyone who's concerned about their data being collected can just block Google-or-like-related domains. Rest is just making life of web developers/admins/tech company owners harder. Especially with these European intentions I frankly believe this is more of a political war against US and US-based companies. (No, I'm not from US as well)
> can just block Google-or-like-related domains Got a grandmother?
I don't like Google but seriously this whole GDPR thing is getting out of hand. Anyone who's concerned about their data being collected can just block Google-or-like-related domains. Rest is just making life of web developers/admins/tech company owners harder. Especially with these European intentions I frankly believe this is more of a political war against US and US-based companies. (No, I'm not from US as well)
If Google can't protect user's tracking data (and they can't - the US law won't let them) then they shouldn't be allowed to hold it.
I don't like Google but seriously this whole GDPR thing is getting out of hand. Anyone who's concerned about their data being collected can just block Google-or-like-related domains. Rest is just making life of web developers/admins/tech company owners harder. Especially with these European intentions I frankly believe this is more of a political war against US and US-based companies. (No, I'm not from US as well)
It's not GDPR making life harder for companies, it's the shadowy practices of businesses that are finally being brought to light.
Source: US Citizen, living in EU.
I don't like Google but seriously this whole GDPR thing is getting out of hand. Anyone who's concerned about their data being collected can just block Google-or-like-related domains. Rest is just making life of web developers/admins/tech company owners harder. Especially with these European intentions I frankly believe this is more of a political war against US and US-based companies. (No, I'm not from US as well)
there are hundreds of alternatives to Google Analytics, developers/admin/companies should just choose wisely. That's what the GDPR is about: end of free lunch for everybody at the expenses of people's privacy, choose your shit carefully.
I don't like Google but seriously this whole GDPR thing is getting out of hand. Anyone who's concerned about their data being collected can just block Google-or-like-related domains. Rest is just making life of web developers/admins/tech company owners harder. Especially with these European intentions I frankly believe this is more of a political war against US and US-based companies. (No, I'm not from US as well)
The onus is on Google to suspend or anonymize Analytics. Individual Website managers can't be expected to discriminate based on geographical origin, as the document seems to imply.
It's worth noting that GA4 does this already. GA3 (AKA Universal Analytics) requires owners to set the anonymize_ip flag though. I agree that Google should have retroactively changed this policy for GA3 accounts, even if it would cause some breakage. https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=en
>In this context, a unique identifier is assigned to each visitor. This identifier (which constitutes personal data) and the associated data are transferred by Google to the United States.