The legal term data privacy includes the protection of a Data subject against unauthorized collection, storage or disclosure of their personal data. Legal regulations, including GDPR , aim to oversee how companies handle user data. Thus, privacy has become a key factor within online marketing.

More about data privacy on the Piwik PRO blog: Data privacy.


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    First-party analytics without consent: Your Digital Omnibus compliance guide

    The Digital Omnibus is the European Commission’s simplification initiative to modernize the EU’s digital rulebook and reduce consent fatigue. The framework would enable first-party analytics without consent when specific criteria are met, ending years of uncertainty about the use of legitimate interest for web statistics.

  • University website personalization: First-party data strategies for student recruitment and retention

    University websites receive millions of visits annually from diverse audiences – prospective students, admitted students weighing their options, current undergraduates, graduate students, parents, alumni, and faculty. Yet most institutions serve identical content to all these visitors, missing critical opportunities to engage each audience with relevant information.