Timeline for Why does the Google Analytics module restrict uid?
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| Aug 1, 2016 at 20:09 | vote | accept | Tom Mertz | ||
| Aug 1, 2016 at 20:09 | comment | added | Tom Mertz | I found another link that seems to corroborate this: davidsimpson.me/2013/10/17/… If the id is sent to Google and has a public api that google can access it would be a violation, but if it's behind authorization it should be ok. | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 17:56 | comment | added | Zuzuesque | I can not speak for the developers, but in my eyes yes, they try to be on the save side. Not sure if there are countries where it is forbidden - it is possible. However, unless it is forbidden in your country (and you inform people you are using GA/cookies on your site) I am not sure how this could be a legal problem even if it is forbidden in the users country. A lot of sites obviously use GA's user id feature. | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 17:13 | comment | added | Tom Mertz | So it's a little bit of a gray area? It's disabled in the module because some countries may not allow it and there was a decision by the developers to err on the side of caution and disallow the id, even though it's technically allowed? | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 6:58 | history | answered | Zuzuesque | CC BY-SA 3.0 |