GDPR and cookies with Google Analytics

I strongly suggest to read GA Privacy Control help:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9019185?hl=en

OK, I read it but unfortunately didn’t understand the relevance. It says I can “programmatically disable” all sorts of different bits – but what I’m assuming since Google Analytics and GDPR has been around for a while and affects everyone, is that there’s a standard plugin or plugins for the issue.

This is the sort of level I’m working at – here’s a list of the options I expected other forum users to suggest:

– not to use Google Site Kit WordPress plugin but instead, use plugin XYZ

– keep Google Site Kit but use another GDPR plugin PQR

– ditch both plugins but use this premium plugin (oh no)

– ditch both plugins and use this free plugin (yes!!!)

I think your answer lies in the “ditch the plugins and use this Javascript and PHP solution” area, is that correct?

I think your answer lies in the “ditch the plugins and use this Javascript and PHP solution” area, is that correct?

Not really. GDPR is complex. Some sites chose to block the EU because of its complexity. As far I understand, your site is applying the correct measures to protect user data, however you still have to configure GA to comply with GDPR.

I strongly suggest to read the GA documentation that I linked above, read about GDPR legislation, and then check if your site complies with everything.

Thanks for trying to help, but at risk of boring you with repitition, I did read it and couldn’t find anything useful.

I think you might be vastly overestimating my intelligence here, or at least my ability to use WordPress. With WordPress, I can install plugins, no worries there. But I can’t write them. It looks as if the Google docs you linked to recommend programming your website to tell various bits of Google Analytics what to do. I only found one reference to GDPR, and no references to the cookies.

It looks as if the Google docs you linked to recommend programming your website to tell various bits of Google Analytics what to do

That’s correct. It is basically saying that they offer ways to implement restrictions that meet the GDPR requirements, but you will have to apply them yourself, even for cookies (Sometimes GA will automatically not track users under GDPR legislation):

https://support.google.com/analytics/thread/10602719?hl=en

https://support.google.com/analytics/thread/20800902?hl=en

Hi A2HostingRJ,

good to know that there is a way to do it – of course there has to be. It’s just not WordPress friendly is it though? Further online searching shows that Google is only talking so far about making their Site Kit easier for GDPR, and that some people are just going with the GDPR cookie compliance plugins and putting the Google Analytics javascript snippets in that plugin’s config somewhere. Currently looking for both the snippet to copy and the place in the GDPR plugin to put it.