Bunny Fonts | Explore Faster & GDPR friendly Fonts
A drop-in replacement for Google Fonts without the tracking …but really, you should be self-hosting your font files.
The costs and benefits of tracking scripts – business vs. user // Sebastian Greger
I am having a hard time seeing the business benefits weighing in more than the user cost (at least for those many organisations out there who rarely ever put that data to proper use). After all, keeping the costs low for the user should be in the core interest of the business as well.
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Email Tracking and Paperless Banking – Dan Q
Even if you can somehow justify using tracking technologies (which don’t work reliably) to make general, statistical decisions (“fewer people open our emails when the subject contains the word ‘overdraft’!”), you can’t make individual decisions based on them. That’s just wrong.
On User Tracking and Industry Standards on Privacy | CSS-Tricks
Prompted by my post on tracking, Chris does some soul searching about his own use of tracking.
I’m interested not just in the ethical concerns and my long-time complacency with industry norms, but also as someone who very literally sells advertising.
He brings up the point that advertisers expect to know how many people opened a particular email and how many people clicked on a particular link. I’m sure that’s right, but it’s also beside the point: what matters is how the receiver of the email feels about having that information tracked. If they haven’t given you permission to do it, you can’t just assume they’re okay with it.
Some long-winded thoughts on privacy policies and consent popups — Piper Haywood
A deep dive into GDPR.
Got Google Analytics on your site? You should probably read this.
A quick look at privacy-focused analytics for small sites
A round-up of alternatives to Google Analytics.
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