# Protect user privacy by using Matomo, dumping Google Analytics?

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**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** analytics\
**Created:** [10 בספטמבר,‏ 2018,‏ 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protect-user-privacy-by-using-matomo-dumping-google-analytics/96837 "2018-09-10T08:50:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [11 בספטמבר,‏ 2018,‏ 5:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protect-user-privacy-by-using-matomo-dumping-google-analytics/96837/11 "2018-09-11T05:17:39Z")

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I suspect you’re right. I didn’t understand either until your latest post.

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Perhaps not as many people care about this issue as you do?

This probably still applies. Many people don’t care (me for instance) and those that do are free to protect themselves as you have.

I don’t know enough about the comparative pros and cons of Matamo vs. GA. Do you know of any good articles? GA is a pretty fundamental tool for a huge portion of our customer base, many don’t have the choice, so we won’t remove it but I guess we could potentially add another option if enough people would like it.

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