Analytics
Is etracker GDPR compliant?
etracker may only run after the visitor has agreed. It is not strictly necessary for the website to work, so loading it on arrival, before any choice, is the single most common way sites get this wrong.
- Category
- Analytics
- Needs consent
- Yes
- Leaves the EEA
- No
- Can be self-hosted
- No
- Recognised by
- etracker.com, etracker.de
- Typical cookies
- et_coid, BT_*
What does etracker do?
German analytics hosted in Germany, which removes the third-country problem. It advertises a consent-free mode; whether that applies depends on the configuration you actually run.
Does etracker need consent?
Yes. etracker is Analytics, which is never strictly necessary for a website to function. Under ePrivacy Article 5(3), and its national transpositions, storing or reading anything on the device for that purpose requires consent first, and that consent has to be as easy to refuse as it is to give.
ePrivacy Art. 5(3) · TDDDG § 25 (DE) · TKG 2021 § 165(3) (AT) · GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)
Does etracker send data outside the EEA?
No. etracker keeps processing inside the EEA, which removes the third-country question entirely. You still have to name it as a recipient in your privacy policy.
What can I use instead of etracker?
| Needs consent | Leaves the EEA | Can be self-hosted | |
|---|---|---|---|
| etracker | Yes | No | No |
| Plausible Analytics | No | No | Yes |
How do we detect etracker?
We load your page in a real browser as a first-time visitor who clicks nothing, then look at what it contacted. etracker is recognised by requests to etracker.com and etracker.de, and we report whether it merely loaded or actually sent data, and whether it set a cookie before any choice was made.
Check your websiteThis describes the service as it is normally deployed. Your own configuration decides what actually happens, which is what a scan of your site shows. Not legal advice.