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2025 7

  1. The EU wants to kill cookie banners
  2. Google is tracking you (even when you use DuckDuckGo)
  3. German court rules Meta’s tracking tech violates GDPR
  4. The EU-US data deal may be dead in the water
  5. Analisi web e consenso
  6. A traffic baseline alongside GA4: the Hebban comparison
  7. How a reverse trial will push Simple Analytics to the next level

2024 32

  1. Google will start tracking all your devices (WTF?)
  2. Big Tech fails the EU Digital Services Act, only Wikipedia passes
  3. Meta fined $102 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission
  4. Europeans spend 575 Million hours per year clicking cookie banners
  5. The most interesting GDPR fines
  6. GDPR and fines: all there is to know
  7. Google loses key antitrust case
  8. Web Analytics for Crypto Companies
  9. Web analytics for publishers
  10. Google reverses its decision to kill third-party cookies
  11. Privacy Monthly July 2024
  12. Privacy Perspectives June 2024
  13. Privacy Monthly June 2024
  14. APRA fumbles targeted advertising
  15. Privacy Monthly May 2024
  16. Meta loses key privacy battle
  17. Google delays cookie phase-out once again
  18. Privacy Monthly April 2024
  19. Cookies 101
  20. Privacy Monthly March 2024
  21. German authority cracks down on cookie banners
  22. Google Tag Manager vs Google Analytics: deployment and measurement
  23. Google search alternative
  24. GA4 data retention: what expires, and what remains in reports?
  25. Google Analytics and cookie consent: what happens when visitors say no?
  26. GA4 identifiers: what they identify and why your counts change
  27. How to export GA4 data: reports, the Data API and BigQuery
  28. Privacy Monthly February 2024
  29. The Criteo case: a big deal for Big Tech
  30. Privacy Monthly January 2024
  31. What the Digital Markets Act means for privacy
  32. Google Settles in $5B Incognito Mode Lawsuit

2023 83

  1. Legal troubles for Adobe Analytics
  2. Web analytics for nonprofits
  3. HIPAA and mental health
  4. Meta subscriptions under attack: why it matters for privacy
  5. Privacy Monthly: December
  6. Simple Analytics AI
  7. Host analytics on Cloudflare Zaraz
  8. Add Google Analytics to Convertkit
  9. Google Analytics pricing: free GA4 versus Analytics 360
  10. Road to 1 Million ARR - October update
  11. CCPA and Data Protection: all there is to know
  12. Analytics without a cookie banner
  13. Enterprise Analytics
  14. Privacy Monthly: November 2023
  15. Delete Act: all you need to know
  16. Mobile App Tracking Under Fire
  17. The road to 1 Million ARR - September Update
  18. Privacy Monthly: October 2023
  19. HIPAA violations
  20. First challenge to the EU-US data transfer framework
  21. Direct Marketing under GDPR
  22. Road to 1 million ARR - August Update
  23. CCPA vs CPRA: what is new?
  24. Privacy Monthly: September 2023
  25. A/B Testing with Simple Analytics
  26. Dobbs v. Jackson ruling is a privacy mess
  27. Privacy Monthly: August 2023
  28. What are your rights under the CCPA?
  29. When does the CCPA apply?
  30. How does the HIPAA compare to the CCPA and GDPR?
  31. Why Meta is in a world of trouble
  32. CJEU: cookie-based analytics collects sensitive data
  33. Road to 1 million ARR - July update
  34. All about the new Data Transfer Framework
  35. Road to 1 Million ARR - June update
  36. What is PHI under HIPAA?
  37. Sweden declares Google Analytics illegal
  38. GA4 alternatives: 10 reliable options for Google Analytics
  39. HIPAA compliance checklist for healthcare providers
  40. Privacy Monthly: June 2023
  41. More troubles for Google Analytics
  42. The path to 1M ARR - May Update
  43. Data Processing Agreements
  44. Minimal Product Analytics
  45. Facebook data transfers declared illegal
  46. Is Google Analytics CCPA-compliant?
  47. Help us with your input
  48. Cookie banners: How to stay GDPR compliant?
  49. GDPR Compliance Checklist
  50. Privacy Monthly: May 2023
  51. Simple Analytics: Privacy-first website analytics
  52. Improve your e-commerce performance with analytics
  53. European Facebook blackout is closer than we think
  54. Know your website’s Carbon Emissions - and how to reduce it
  55. The path to 1M ARR - April 2023
  56. How to add video tracking using Google Tag Manager?
  57. How to track form submissions using Google Tag Manager?
  58. Privacy issues of chatGPT: This is what's ahead of us
  59. Why do Simple Analytics and GA4 show different numbers?
  60. Debug Simple Analytics script
  61. How to Import Google Analytics Data to Simple Analytics
  62. Does Google sell your data?
  63. How to migrate to GA 4: A step-by-step guide
  64. How GA4 collects data, and why your reports can differ
  65. Meta's Privacy Fiasco: A Cautionary Tale for Big Tech
  66. HIPAA compliant website analytics
  67. Privacy Monthly: March 2023
  68. Content Marketing Metrics that you should be tracking
  69. Does server-side tagging fix GA4 measurement gaps?
  70. All you need to know about Digital Privacy
  71. Norway takes a stance against Google Analytics
  72. Everything you need to know about GDPR
  73. Difference between CCPA and GDPR
  74. Finland is the latest EU country to crack down on Google Analytics
  75. Is Google Analytics GDPR Compliant?
  76. French watchdog on a fining spree
  77. EU task force cracks down on cookie banners
  78. Privacy Monthly: February 2023
  79. 3 Privacy Tech Predictions for 2023
  80. Risks of ignoring data privacy in companies
  81. 9 ways to protect user data to be GDPR compliant
  82. Privacy Monthly: January 2023
  83. Google changed Google Maps URL: Your location data is no longer safe

2022 40

  1. What do website analytics allow you to do
  2. GDPR 101: When is consent valid?
  3. Meta's targeted advertising not GDPR compliant
  4. Privacy Monthly: November 2022
  5. France tells schools to drop Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
  6. GDPR 101: legal bases
  7. First signs that Biden's EO on Data Transfers will be challenged
  8. Hungarian DPA to rule against Google Analytics
  9. What we found on Deceptive Design
  10. GDPR Consent 101
  11. Less is more. Data minimization can help your business
  12. Denmark declares Google Analytics unlawful
  13. Simple Analytics for Marketers
  14. New ruling: Your cookie data might be sensitive data
  15. From 101 noyb complaints to banning Google Analytics: an overview
  16. US data transfer unlawful according to German procurement authority
  17. Data privacy - the past, present, and future
  18. Vodafone & Deutsche Telekom to introduce persistent user tracking
  19. Danish DPA bans Google Workspace for municipalities
  20. EU moving closer to Facebook ban
  21. Why its time to move away from Google Analytics
  22. Italy declares Google Analytics illegal
  23. Google Analytics performance impact using Google Lighthouse
  24. How to delete your Google Analytics account
  25. CNIL Update: Google Analytics is (still) illegal
  26. Does Safari block Google Analytics? What to check in GA4
  27. Simple Analytics as alternative to Plausible
  28. Simple Analytics as an alternative to Cloudflare Analytics
  29. 4 Best Google Analytics Alternatives
  30. EU-US privacy shield 2.0 is again a political show
  31. Simple Analytics: Easy website analytics
  32. 4 privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternatives
  33. Cookieless website analytics: what is measured, and what is inferred?
  34. Google will sunset Universal Analytics in 2023
  35. What are internet cookies?
  36. Simple Analytics: a privacy-friendly and simple Matomo alternative
  37. Google Analytics violates GDPR law in France
  38. GA4 engagement time is not the same as time on page
  39. Will Google Analytics be banned in the EU?
  40. Simple Analytics as an alternative to Google Analytics

2021 6

  1. Consent Jujutsu & Data Hunger. Is Your Website Guilty?
  2. How the internet ended up in a privacy mess
  3. Why FLoC is a FLoP?
  4. Behind the scenes of building the iOS app
  5. Ready for the future and hit $100k ARR
  6. Does Google Analytics still work with Apple’s iOS14 & Big Sur?

2020 3

  1. Stripe data explained and hit $6000 MRR
  2. Practical privacy tips for your business
  3. We hit 400 paying customers

2019 3

  1. How we hit our $30k ARR milestone
  2. Why we moved our servers to Iceland
  3. Why I share my failure at the risk of losing customers

2018 3

  1. Why Privacy First Products will make business sense
  2. Why Simple Analytics is my first successful project
  3. How Google managed to destroy users' trust in one week

Undated 5

  1. How to add google analytics to your privacy policy
  2. Italian hacktivists against google analytics
  3. Privacy monthly october 2022
  4. Is google analytics illegal in europe
  5. How to move forward with data transfers between the eu us