It’s been a few months since I updated this blog. It’s been a few more months since I updated CAOS Pro. Fortunately, not without reason! What you didn’t know, is that I’ve been working on a major update for the past few months! An update that is all about GDPR compliance for using Google Analytics in the EU.
…CAOS Pro v2.3 features easy GDPR compliance for Google Analytics in WordPressRead More »
You didn’t know you need it, but this is my gift to you this holiday season: auto-configuration for subsets in OMGF!
…OMGF v5.5 introduces Subset Auto-configuration ⚙️Read More »
Just 6 months ago OMGF reached 50K+ active installs, and thanks to you OMGF has reached a new milestone: 100K+ active installs!
High time for some awesome new features.
…V5.4.0 brings Einstein Intelligence 🧠 to OMGF (Pro)Read More »
In light of the recent GDPR related fines in Germany, the WordPress.org themes team took a stand on hosting webfonts locally. Representative @benachi recently announced that it “strongly encourages theme authors to update their themes” and to “download and bundle Google Fonts with their themes”.
For long-time followers of this blog, this good practice has been a known fact for 2+ years. So it’s kind of sad that WP.org is only catching up now, when fines are flying around. But that’s not all…
…Theme Authors “forced” to Catch Up: Hosting Webfonts Locally “Strongly Encouraged”Read More »
Policital agreement has been reached between the EU and the US to update their Privacy Shield legislation. A properly updated EU-US data sharing system would mean that Google Analytics EU has a future after all. I told you!
It might still take over a year for any actual legislation to be drafted and checked by all the relevant boards and commissions. That said, I think it’s an important moment to reflect and share with you the roadmap for CAOS Pro.
…Will a fancy, new Privacy Shield 2.0 give Google Analytics Europe a future?Read More »
The GDPR strikes again!
While Austria and Norway are taking on Google Analytics, on January 20th, 2022, the regional court of Munich, Germany ordered a € 100,- fine to a website owner. Why? Because using Google Fonts violates GDPR.
…Only two weeks into the new year, the internet exploded, because of a court ruling in Austria. Is Google Analytics illegal now? In Austria, not exactly. In the rest of the EU, no. And it won’t be.
Although it was a great day for Privacy last week, it was a dark day for website (and ecommerce store) owners when Austria’s data protection authority (DPA, or DSB) decided that using Google Analytics on your website is in breach of GDPR.
Later that same week, the Dutch personal data authority (AP) followed with a warning that using Google Analytics might soon be forbidden. And Germany’s next in line.
If using Google Analytics becomes illegal, what does this mean for us website and ecommerce store owners? Should we migrate our (years of) data to a Google Analytics alternative? Is there an easier way out of this mess?
Spoiler alert: Yes, there is.
…Google Analytics illegal in Austria? Well, not exactly.Read More »
