> GA consists of JS code that the site owner adds to each web page on which
they want to track you.
I explained in another post that it is possible to be tracked by GA even if
the site has no JS at all - through GA's API which can be implemented server
side (i.e. inside a PHP or Python script). Of course it is more limited as it
can't capture the data which JS captures (i.e. screen resolution) but the
point is - just because you don't see any JS code on the front end doesn't
mean that the site doesn't send data to Google. There are also similar
tracking techniques for Facebook which can be implemented without JS and
without any like buttons. As I said in earlier posts - it is not so simple to
escape tracking and you cannot do it simply by blocking things in your
browser.
My personal site doesn't have any of that that (= with JS off nothing is
sent). I am explaining all that just for your info. What I currently have was
implemented long ago, before I was aware of the privacy mischief which
companies do.
In any case after May 2018 EU GDPR comes into force so my plan is to first
read that whole 88p. document and make more in-depth changes for all sites
which are under my control, not just some cosmetic front-end stuff. Although
that needs time as I am quite busy, one thing is sure - things won't stay as
they are.
Meanwhile you can hate me.
