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Is there a privacy friendly analytics tool that does not set cookies and store data Forever? I don't really care about perfect user analytics, just good enough.

by pawal 8y ago

Is there a privacy friendly analytics tool that does not set cookies and store data Forever? I don't really care about perfect user analytics, just good enough. Maybe by analysing logs. In the 90's there was s lot of good tools like this, but now everybody has gone cloud. I can't imagine the tools offered today are compatible with GDPR.

aparks517 8y ago
I work on https://getmirrorshades.com https://getmirrorshades.com It doesn’t use cookies. Data is aggregated immediately and purged on a tight schedule. May be worth seeing if it is sufficient for your use case.
dvko 8y ago
https://GoAccess.io https://GoAccess.io is great for analysing access logs. That said, there are solutions where a cookie allows for greater privacy because it allows you to leave sensitive data on the client versus having to store it on the server. For example, https://usefathom.com/ https://usefathom.com/ is an open-source self-hosted analytics tool that uses a cookie to enhance privacy.
Findus23 8y ago
Hi, You can configure Matomo [1] to both not use any cookies [2] and to automatically delete just the raw data or all data that is older than x months. Log Analytics is also possible. If you want something that is far more minimalistic, but also Open Source and self-hostable, you can take a look at [3]. (Not sure about how they use cookies) (Disclaimer: I am part of the Matomo team) [1] https://matomo.org/ https://matomo.org/ [2] https://matomo.org/faq/general/faq_157/ https://matomo.org/faq/general/faq_157/ [3] https://usefathom.com/ https://usefathom.com/
gorkemcetin 8y ago
Countly (if you want) can be configured so it doesn't set cookies [1] You can also configure to remove any data older than N days/months. It is also GDPR compliant [2] [1] https://resources.count.ly/docs/countly-sdk-for-web#section-tracking-users-with-javascript-disabled https://resources.count.ly/docs/countly-sdk-for-web#section-... [2] https://resources.count.ly/docs/compliance-hub https://resources.count.ly/docs/compliance-hub

by pawal 8y ago

aparks517 8y ago

I work on https://getmirrorshades.com https://getmirrorshades.com It doesn’t use cookies. Data is aggregated immediately and purged on a tight schedule. May be worth seeing if it is sufficient for your use case.

dvko 8y ago

https://GoAccess.io https://GoAccess.io is great for analysing access logs. That said, there are solutions where a cookie allows for greater privacy because it allows you to leave sensitive data on the client versus having to store it on the server. For example, https://usefathom.com/ https://usefathom.com/ is an open-source self-hosted analytics tool that uses a cookie to enhance privacy.

Findus23 8y ago

Hi, You can configure Matomo [1] to both not use any cookies [2] and to automatically delete just the raw data or all data that is older than x months. Log Analytics is also possible. If you want something that is far more minimalistic, but also Open Source and self-hostable, you can take a look at [3]. (Not sure about how they use cookies) (Disclaimer: I am part of the Matomo team) [1] https://matomo.org/ https://matomo.org/ [2] https://matomo.org/faq/general/faq_157/ https://matomo.org/faq/general/faq_157/ [3] https://usefathom.com/ https://usefathom.com/

gorkemcetin 8y ago

Countly (if you want) can be configured so it doesn't set cookies [1] You can also configure to remove any data older than N days/months. It is also GDPR compliant [2] [1] https://resources.count.ly/docs/countly-sdk-for-web#section-tracking-users-with-javascript-disabled https://resources.count.ly/docs/countly-sdk-for-web#section-... [2] https://resources.count.ly/docs/compliance-hub https://resources.count.ly/docs/compliance-hub