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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. == Conferns == Obviously WMIT will lose some metrics like "unique visitors". Everything else will be kept instead (e.g., "hits per page"). == Opinions == Since WMIT is not a company with the goal of profiling physical users, I think there is no problem in trying to turn on "zero cookies" mode on Wikimedia websites. We can also prepare a social announce for this milestone.

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 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. == Confernalculated conseguences == Obviously WMIT will lose some metrics like "unique visitors".* [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 not a company with the goal of profiling physical usera 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, I think there is no problem in trying to turn on "zero cookies" mode on Wikimedia websitesusing this feature in our Matomo. We can also prepare a social announce for this milestone. Some of our activists will be happy.