When it comes to data analysis, one of the most important things to consider is your target audience. A persona is one way to help you better understand your target audience and what they want or need from your product or service. It is a semi-fictional character that represents a specific segment of your target...
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Google Analytics 4 Frequently Asked Questions
Google will shut down Universal Analytics on July 1, 2023. Its sucessor Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is very different, so many questions arise in this transition phase to GA4. Here, we answer to most basic questions, like when should I upgrade to Google Analytics 4? What happens to my existing data? Are there any disadvantages...
Cookieless tracking with ETags, Local and Session Storage and Indexed DB
You're likely to have heard of the ongoing controversy surrounding browser cookies and their use. Browsers are gradually phasing out cookie technology and they are heavily regulated by privacy guidelines such as the GDPR or the CCP. This is a significant step towards a privacy-oriented internet. However, it is also affecting the core functionality of...
Is server-side tracking the solution to privacy and cookie woes?
There are a lot of articles that misrepresent the process of server-side tracking or ignore key facts. In this article, we cover the most important aspects of server-side tracking and explain how you can use it for your business. What does server-side tracking actually mean? Server-side tracking requires that you change the way you track...
Mobile Apps send User Data to Russian Servers
Tens of thousands if not millions of apps were sending user data to Russia, where the government and its agencies could potentially have access. This serious claim that was made in a recent article in Financial Times. The most important thing is that platform operators Apple, Google and others would just watch and take no...
What does GDPR mean in practise?
Many businesses thought that by adding Cookie consent banners to their web pages and opt-in forms for email newsletter subscriptions they have satisfied the GDPR requirements. As it turns out, this is not the case. There are rulings by the Datenschutzbehörde in Austria, CNIL in France and a court in Munich that show how far...