On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:56, Emmanuel Lecharny <[email protected]> wrote: > Bernd Fondermann a écrit : >> >> AFAIR, using Google Analytics has been discouraged by the ASF board. >> > > Ok, found the thread (and I confirm that thunderbird is a POS when t comes > to search, compared to gmail). > > I would not say that the ASF board discouraged the usage of GA, there were > some mails echanged about the legal implication on the usage of GA : > > "the Google > Terms and Conditions (Paragraph 7 on > http://www.google.com/analytics/tos.html) require all sites using Google > Analytics to post a privacy policy: > > --- cut --- > You will have and abide by an appropriate privacy policy and will comply > with all applicable laws relating to the collection of information from > visitors to Your websites. You must post a privacy policy and that > policy must provide notice of your use of a cookie that collects > anonymous traffic data. > --- cut --- > > " > > So the bare minimum for us would be to post this policy on our web site. > > Now, if the board say "don't use it", we will remove it, of course. > > Bernd, do you have any other mail I may have missed, suggesting that they > prefer us not to use GA? (forward them to me privately, to preserve their > privacy). > > Thanks !
Ah, right. Now I remember fully. You phrased this correctly, project's are advised to let their user's know. Thank you for RTFBR, I should have checked the facts myself beforehand, Bernd > > -- > Regards, > Cordialement, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.nextury.com > > >
