News from the experts of the Open Analytics Platform Matomo (formerly Piwik)
Get RSS feedLast year the Chromium browser team announced they would change their default behaviour for cookies. In particular about a property called samesite. Over the last few months, we have made various changes to our cookie handling to get Matomo ready …
Read MoreNew cookie behaviour in browsers may cause regressions
3…2…1…Matomo Analytics launches on the WordPress directory! We’re so excited to announce that Matomo Analytics is now live on the WordPress Plugin Directory 🎉🎉🍻 The team has been working tirelessly to bring this to life. Two years it was only …
Read MoreMatomo Analytics has launched on the WordPress Directory!
Collecting information via web analytics platforms is needed to help a website grow and improve. When doing so, it’s best to strike a balance between getting valuable insights, and keeping the trust of your users by protecting their privacy. This …
Gaining valuable insights by simply creating a heatmap or setting up recordings on your most important web pages is a good start, but using the Heatmaps and Session Recordings features in combination with other Matomo features is where the real …
Read More5 perfect feature combinations to use with Heatmaps and Session Recordings
It’s January 28th which means it’s Data Privacy Day! Today is an important day for the Matomo team as we reflect on our mission and our goals for 2020. This year I wanted to send a video message to all …
The protection of personally identifiable information (PII) is important both for individuals, whose privacy may be compromised, and for businesses that may have their reputation ruined or be liable if PII is wrongly accessed, used, or shared. Curious about what …
Read MoreHow to keep personally identifiable information safe
It’s important to learn about personally identifiable information (PII) because of how it relates to data privacy. Identifiable information can be used for illegal purposes like identity theft and fraud. So how can you protect yourself as an innocent web …
Read MoreYour introduction to personally identifiable information: What is PII?
The Google Analytics GDPR relationship is a complicated one. Website owners in states like Berlin in Germany are now required to ask users for consent to collect their data. This doesn’t make for the friendliest user-experience and often the website …
Read MoreOn-premise analytics demand grows as Google Analytics GDPR uncertainties continue
An open letter to the European Parliament’s LIBE committee In an effort to stem the tide of external control over user privacy, Matomo has rallied with other like-minded companies like Protonmail, NextCloud, Tutanota and Mailfence, to advocate for pro-privacy changes to …
Read MoreOpen letter to the European Parliament’s LIBE committee
Website owners in Berlin need consent for using Google Analytics According to the Berlin Data Protection Office, if you’re a website owner collecting and sending data to third-party services (like Google Analytics) who are also using that data “for own …
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