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by kagebe 4162 days ago
How about asking your customers, instead of stalking them by default?

Even telephone hotlines warn you that the calls may be recorded and give you (at least) a way to opt out. No site ever gave me such an option, but my browser has it - so I'm using it indiscriminately.

If you want my trust, give me an (opt in and later opt out) button, limit your tracking as much as you can (time, do not correlate with others, personal info, etc.) and as much information about your tracking as you can and what you use it for. In fact, give me an easy way to see what you have profiled and give me an option to clea(n/r) it.

I guess that sounds like hard work. Maybe Piwik can be extended to provide such things? Does it already do some of that?