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Recently Stefano Cannillo proposed the goal of "zero cookies" on the https://wikimedia.it website. This is interesting from the point of view of site sustainability, and technically very easy to achieve now, thanks to Matomo global settings. == Benefits == Having "zero cookies" would definitely be counterintuitive and appreciable, and it would certainly be welcomed by our GDPR consultant as well. == Calculated conseguences == * [X] Unique Visitors: less accurate * Wikimedia Italy is not interested in tracking single users * [X] Returning visitors: less accurate * Wikimedia Italy is not interested in tracking visitors habits * [X] Ecommerce conversions: much less accurate * Wikimedia Italy is not an e-commerce * even if applied in a donation context: Wikimedia Italy is not interested in deep-tracking how an user decided to do an action * [X] Days since last visit + Visits by visit count * Wikimedia Italy has not the tracking goals of a social network or a news agency with users to be retained Source: https://matomo.org/faq/general/faq_156/ Everything else will be kept instead (e.g., "hits per page"). == Opinions == Since WMIT is a non-profit focused on sharing free knowledge with free software; and since profiling physical users is not their goal, I think there are no problem in trying to activate the "zero cookies" mode on Wikimedia websites, using this feature in our Matomo. We can also prepare a social announce for this milestone. Some of our activists will be happy.

Recently Stefano Cannillo (web and communication consultant for WMIT) proposed the goal of "zero cookies" on the https://wikimedia.it website. This is interesting from the point of view of site sustainability, and technically very easy to achieve now, thanks to Matomo global settings. == Benefits of "zero cookies" in WMIT websites == * [X] welcomed by our GDPR consultant * [X] we can remove the annoying "cookie banner" * [X] somehow counter-trend compared to Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc., that is positive at the level of communication == Calculated consequences == * [X] Unique Visitors: less accurate * Wikimedia Italy is not interested in tracking single users * [X] Returning visitors: less accurate * Wikimedia Italy is not interested in tracking visitors habits * [X] Ecommerce conversions: much less accurate * Wikimedia Italy is not an e-commerce * even if applied in a donation context: Wikimedia Italy is not interested in deep-tracking how an user decided to do an action * [X] Days since last visit + Visits by visit count * Wikimedia Italy has not the tracking goals of a social network or a news agency with users to be retained Source: https://matomo.org/faq/general/faq_156/ Everything else will be kept instead (e.g., "hits per page"). == In short == Since WMIT is a non-profit focused on sharing free knowledge with free software; and since profiling physical users is not their goal, Probably it's OK to activate the "zero cookies" mode on Wikimedia IT Matomo. We can also prepare a small news for this milestone (some of our activists will be happy). == Support == * [X] @stefano.cannillo (consultant for WMIT - original proposer) * [X] @valerio.bozzolan (volunteer - in WMIT Tech Commission) * ... * ...

Recently Stefano Cannillo (web and communication consultant for WMIT) proposed the goal of "zero cookies" on the https://wikimedia.it website. This is interesting from the point of view of site sustainability, and technically very easy to achieve now, thanks to Matomo global settings. == Benefits of "zero cookies" in WMIT websites == Having "zero cookies" would definitely be counterintuitive and appreciable* [X] welcomed by our GDPR consultant * [X] we can remove the annoying "cookie banner" * [X] somehow counter-trend compared to Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc., and it would certainly be welcomed by our GDPR consultant as well.that is positive at the level of communication == Calculated consegquences == * [X] Unique Visitors: less accurate * Wikimedia Italy is not interested in tracking single users * [X] Returning visitors: less accurate * Wikimedia Italy is not interested in tracking visitors habits * [X] Ecommerce conversions: much less accurate * Wikimedia Italy is not an e-commerce * even if applied in a donation context: Wikimedia Italy is not interested in deep-tracking how an user decided to do an action * [X] Days since last visit + Visits by visit count * Wikimedia Italy has not the tracking goals of a social network or a news agency with users to be retained Source: https://matomo.org/faq/general/faq_156/ Everything else will be kept instead (e.g., "hits per page"). == Opinions ==== In short == Since WMIT is a non-profit focused on sharing free knowledge with free software; and since profiling physical users is not their goal, I think there are no problem in tryingProbably it's OK to activate the "zero cookies" mode on Wikimedia websites, usingIT Matomo. We can also prepare a small news for this feature inmilestone (some of our Matomo.activists will be happy). == Support == We can also prepare a social announce for this milestone. Some of our activists will be happy* [X] @stefano.cannillo (consultant for WMIT - original proposer) * [X] @valerio.bozzolan (volunteer - in WMIT Tech Commission) * ... * ...