Add an Opt-out option for Google Analytics #417

ghost · 2019-01-18T17:25:41Z

This can be done by saving a cookie that, if present, will prevent the GA script from execution:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <script type="text/javascript">
    var ga_property = 'UA-XXXX-Y'; // Insert GA-property
    var ga_disableStr = 'ga-disable-' + ga_property;
    if (document.cookie.indexOf(ga_disableStr + '=true') > -1) {
        window[ga_disableStr] = true;
    } else {
      // Execute Google Analytics Code
      (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
      (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
      m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
      })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
      ga('create', ga_property, 'auto');
      ga('set', 'anonymizeIp', true);
      ga('send', 'pageview');
    }
    function gaOptOut() {
      document.cookie = ga_disableStr + '=true; expires=Thu, 31 Dec 2099 23:59:59 UTC; path=/';
      window[ga_disableStr] = true;
      location.reload();
    }
  </script>
</head>
<body>
  <a href="javascript:gaOptOut()">Deactivate Google Analytics</a>
</body>

The link in the example above would be added to a new privacy page in the section for Google Analytics.

ghost · 2019-07-27T10:41:00Z

Nobody is interested in such things so closing as not helpful.

ghost closed this as completed Jul 27, 2019

abcdefg30 reopened this Aug 18, 2019

Mailaender added the enhancement label Dec 31, 2019

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Add an Opt-out option for Google Analytics #417

Add an Opt-out option for Google Analytics #417

ghost commented Jan 18, 2019

ghost commented Jul 27, 2019

Add an Opt-out option for Google Analytics #417

Add an Opt-out option for Google Analytics #417

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