Comment by AdriaanvRossum
3 years ago
Regarding forbidden countries, it’s not forbidden in the Netherlands, yet. They will announce a verdict in a form of a report by the end of 2022 [1].
To give people an option and pink something else over Google Analytics, I have built an alternative, Simple Analytics [2].
It doesn’t use cookies or any form of tracking and you get still the useful data that 80% of the website owners need.
[1] https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/nl/onderwerpen/interne... (in Dutch)
Worth mentioning that DPAs tend to work together to prevent conflicting laws across the EU. Following Austrian, French, and now Italian rulings, it's almost guaranteed that the Dutch authority will come to the same conclusion.
Yes, I think so too.
How do you track "visitors"?
With a referrer, see these docs [1]
[1] https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/explained/unique-visits