Tag: Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service that collects user data. Its compliance with the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive is a subject of scrutiny, particularly regarding cross-border data transfers. We carry out website assessments and offer expert advise on compliance with the ePrivacy Directive and the GDPR. Learn more about GDPR compliance and how TechGDPR can help you on your journey. We have also compiled a data base of analytic tools to use in place of Google Analytics in our Privacy Tech Directory.

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Data protection & privacy digest 13 – 26 Sept 2022: Google Analytics clash, caller identification, commercial practices & GDPR

TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Official guidance: Google Analytics, risk assessment tool, work monitoring, privacy policy check-list, machine learning, APIs The Danish data protection authority, following several other European counterparts’ decisions, concludes that the Google Analytics tool cannot be used legally without implementing several additional measures, (eg, effective pseudonymisation […]

Weekly digest 20 – 26 June 2022: future US data privacy law, new ban on GA, ‘watched from home’ employees

TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes: future US data privacy law, Canada’s Bill C-27 Last week the “American Data Privacy and Protection Act” was officially introduced to the US House of Representatives. The document, be it enforced by Congress, promises to provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights, […]

Weekly digest March 14 – 20, 2022: smart contracts, AI bias, password managers & privacy

TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Official guidance: smart contracts, DPOs, AI risk management, GDPR cooperation The Spanish data protection authority AEPD analyzed smart contracts. Smart contracts are algorithms that are stored in a blockchain and that execute automated decisions. The very nature of the smart contract, when applied to […]

Weekly digest February 7 – 13, 2022: France latest EU member to put pressure on Google Analytics

TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes: use of Google Analytics in France, Privacy Sandbox commitments in the UK The use of Google Analytics, (GA), is illegal as it threatens the privacy of French website users, concludes the French data protection regulator CNIL. In its latest decision relating to […]

Weekly digest January 10 – 16, 2022: Does the use of Google Analytics by EU entities violate the GDPR?

TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes: Google Analytics case in Austria, EU Parliament breach, French health database, the Irish DPC The Austrian data protection authority, the DSB, ruled that the use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR. Presented as evidence was a case where an IP address “anonymization” […]

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