Achtung! Google Analytics is illegal, say German government officials
Posted by Alex Dunner
An interesting article talking about Google analytics. German officles seem to think that it is illegal and are trying to ban it in Germany. As of now 13% of all sites in the .de domain use Google analytics and if German officials are successful in finding that it is in fact illegal they will impose fines to those sites that have used it. The reason to why they are doing this is that they see that the information Google Analytics hold could be seen a a breech in user privacy laws. If they are successful in banning it in Germany will it eventually be cause on by other countries in Europe or even the United States?
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