Please enable Google Analytics

[sam]

Hi all

The web project board has decided to move from Piwik to Google Analytics.

I realise this has significant privacy implications, these were discussed, but it was decided that the move would go ahead.

I have discussed with Ainslie adding an opt out in the form of a link to EFF's Privacy badger: ​https://www.eff.org/privacybadger This will be added to the cookie pop up bar in the new website.

Could we enable the Google Analytics module on the existing site so I can add in the tracking code.

Thanks

Sam

[chris]

Why on earth would you want to do that given ​the nature of Google?!

[paul]

I'll get this done tomorrow.

[sam]

It's not something I'm personally that enthused by. It's the decision of the group that has responsibility for Transition network webservices of which I'm only a small part. It was based on cost and effectiveness. I do believe that Google Analytics is a more usable and powerful bit of software than piwik. I also think that users installing privacy badger will offer them better protection from spying than hoping that the webmasters of the world are using piwik.

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone

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>#908: Please enable Google Analytics
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>           Reporter:  sam            |                      Owner:  paul
>               Type:  defect         |                     Status:  new
>           Priority:  major          |                  Milestone:
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>Comment (by chris):
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> Why on earth would you want to do that given [https://medium.com/insurge-
> intelligence/how-the-cia-made-google-e836451a959e the nature of Google]?!
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>Ticket URL: <https://tech.transitionnetwork.org/trac/ticket/908#comment:1>
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[paul]

I have enabled the Google Analytics module.

I also checked that no security updates need to be applied before enabling the module.

When I first tried to access the Google Analytics administrator page I got the message: You are not authorized to access this page. So, I adjusted the permissions so that anyone with the administrator role can access this page.

​https://www.transitionnetwork.org/admin/settings/googleanalytics
​https://www.drupal.org/node/2384239

[sam]

Thanks Paul