Piwik has many interesting features, but since version 1.8 piwik is compatible with the new European Cookie Law. For those who don't know, in the EU laws are being implemented that require the site to get permission from a user for setting a cookie on their computer BEFORE setting the cookie... Yikes! Anyway, instead of asking a user for permission, we could omit setting a cookie, and that is exactly what Piwik is now capable of. Hurray for us honest hardworking web folk who have no intention of violating anyone's privacy but who do want to use tracking as a tool to enhance their website. You know what I'm talking about. Anyway, just add the following to the custom javascript section (choose the field for before):

_paq.push(["disableCookies"]);

Just putting it here in case anyone is looking for a way.

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dagomar’s picture

dagomar commented

Oh, in addition to this, I am now monitoring a couple of sites with both GA (with cookies) and Piwik without. I am very curious about the results. Sadly I don't have access to large traffic sites, so if anyone has it would be cool to do a comparison. I'll post results in case anyone's interested.

hass’s picture

hass commented
Status: Active » Fixed

http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2012/03/19/its-not-about-cookies-its...

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

Barry Tielkes’s picture

Barry Tielkes commented
Category: task » feature
Priority: Normal » Minor
Status: Closed (fixed) » Needs work

This setting seems to work nicely. I can put it in the "Custom JavaScript code" textArea. In the settings area of piwik. But it would be nice to have it as a menu option in the settings.

hass’s picture

hass commented
Status: Needs work » Closed (won't fix)

Piwik supports DNT. Read the article about "it's not about cookies, it's about privacy", please.

We do not need to support nobrainers, dumb, stupid ideas and other non working solutions without any future. I feal very reluctant in supporting this bullsh** nevertheless I'm in Germany and have an extremly good knowledge about privacy and the rules.

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klonos
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Just FYI...

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starting from Piwik 1.9.2, Do Not Track browser setting will be ignored for IE 10 browsers. Because all IE10 browsers have DNT enabled, we cannot afford not to record in Piwik all IE10. So we decided to ignore the DNT setting for all IE10 users.
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