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by timeon 1686 days ago
Anonymized matomo tracking strips parts of ip address - it is not so precise but it does not track you across those sites. So they have some kind of page counter but it is not same as full analytics.
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They are not doing that. Matomo anonymous Ip is separate (and google and others use similar features).

They claim no cookie consent is needed because:

* tracking cookies are not used

* the data is not used for any other purpose than analytics

* a user cannot be tracked across days within the same website

https://matomo.org/faq/new-to-piwik/how-do-i-use-matomo-anal...

Reality is EU website sets a 13 month cookie, they clearly explain they will track a lot of data about you.

Anyways, some folks here claim that just using things for analytics is NOT an allowed exception to GDPR notice rules. I mention this to just again show that GDRP is not simple (despite claims here that it is "so easy").