If we want Google Analytics level reporting (without sharing information with Google) then Piwik/Matomo is the best solution I'm aware of. It is still going to put cookies on the machines of our site visitors, which they may not appreciate, which does have some notice requirements http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm in the EU as well. I wonder if we couldn't derive /almost/ everything we need from an archaic log analyzer like AWStats https://awstats.sourceforge.io/ that works without cookies. I think there is enough there to help us make better decisions about content and to understand our users better without some of the privacy concerns. Just my $0.02.
Ryan
On 02/24/2018 04:43 AM, Robert Sterbal wrote:
I think we are on plenty of platforms with intrusive analytics.
I think we should just publish the analytics that we are willing to share with everyone.
I'm looking forward to the discussion of this issue.
Thanks,
Robert Sterbal robert@...3541... 412-977-3526 call/text
On 2/24/2018 6:26 AM, Shlomi Fish wrote:
Hi!
On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 09:23:12 +0100 Mihaela <mihaela.jurkovic@...400...> wrote:
Hi all!
During preparations for forum migration (inkscapeforum.com) a topic of tracking website user statistics came up as worthy of deeper discussion.
It seems that a lot of Inkscapers are against using analytics, or they prefer more open and transparent ways of getting information about our visitors.
It would be useful if we could come up with a very clear set of guidelines that would apply throughout the Inkscape project regarding this topic.
Some suggestion topics for discussion: • Which services should be avoided (Google Analytics, server side logs, ...)
I'd rather use one of https://duckduckgo.com/?q=open+source+alternatives+google+analytics&ia=w...
instead of GAnalytics. I dont see a problem with analysing server-side logs.
• What kind of tracking (if any) is allowed to be implemented? • If it's implemented how should the users be informed (up front before registering, as part of official policy or as a separate notification)?
possibly in the ToS. See http://www.shlomifish.org/meta/privacy-policy/ .
• Should it all be 100% opt-in for each person individually? With fine-grained control over which data is free to be collected?
i think opt-in would be overreacting.
Mihaela aka prkos
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