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 in the EU as well. I wonder if we couldn't derive almost everything we need from an archaic log analyzer like AWStats 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.

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=web
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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