Since our latest news on Google Analytics 4 and Data Retention in GA4 there has been a lot of developments in the world of Google Analytics. Below, you will find the most important updates and announcements by Google about their analytics tool. Google Analytics 4 can now be linked to …
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Webinar Google Analytics & Data Privacy
Do you use Google Analytics? Then you certainly know that Google Analytics has recently been deemed non-compliant with data protection in the EU. The data protection authorities in Austria and France have already ruled that the use of Google Analytics violates the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Data protection …
Google BigQuery benefits for Google Analytics
What is Google BigQuery? BigQuery is Google’s data warehouse. As part of the Google Cloud Platform tool suite, BigQuery allows you to host – and exploit – large databases for a very reasonable price and with very good results. In fact, BigQuery can be used for many other things, such …
4 Privacy-Compliant Alternatives to Google Analytics
We have already reported that in recent weeks several countries in the EU have deemed Google Analytics to be not privacy compliant. Since Google Analytics is used on over 50% of websites worldwide, this action by data protection authorities in the EU has caused a great deal of uncertainty among …
Monitor your Google Analytics data with alerts
With everything going on in your company it is important to stay up to date with trends in your data. However, it is impossible to check your analytics tool manually 24/7. That’s why it is essential to have an automatic alert system set up. Let’s imagine you are relaunching your …
Solving one of the biggest issues in Google Analytics 4: Data Retention
We recently released a blog post where we highlighted some of the things we have learnt over the last year since Google Analytics 4 was officially released. GA4 has a number of really great selling points. However, there are some features it is still missing as well as one or …
Google Analytics 4: What we’ve learnt in the last year
It has now been a little over a year since Google Analytics officially unveiled Google Analytics 4. In late 2020, Google renamed the App + Web properties to Google Analytics 4. Officially it is not in beta anymore. In this post we will share the top five lessons we have …
Swiss Data Protection Act 2022: What Companies Need To Know Now
We expect the new Swiss Data Protection Act to come into force in mid-2022. The revised data protection law is necessary because the last version is over 30 years old. In the present day, electronic data collection plays a key role, so a reorientation seems essential at this point, also …
Data protection points to check before choosing a web analytics tool
Data protection is increasingly becoming a larger topic year by year. With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) the shift started in the European Union (EU) but it influences businesses all over the world now. Hence, it is important to stay up to date on the constantly changing regulations. GDPR …
Web Data & Data Protection
Companies are increasingly seeking better insights by using web data sources that offer lots of opportunities. Web data can be used to gain new insights that can help increase efficiency and revenue. Internally generated information can have gaps, and companies are increasingly moving to incorporate new, non-traditional sources of data …
Third Party Data in Google Analytics
It is obvious that digital analytics is a means to obtain data-driven answers to digital questions. This is because every page load, impression, click and video view is tracked and analyzed. But what about the relationship between digital platforms and the environment outside the world of digital? For example, what …
8 reasons why Google Analytics does not show all website data
You’ve gone to the trouble of creating a good Analytics setup, but Google Analytics isn’t showing you all the data. You are sure that you should have more page views, but you don’t know why they are not displayed? It’s also quite possible that you’re not even aware that not …