We are proud to support User Privacy best practises and to have already helped more than 1 million websites worldwide keep control over their data.
Today we are delighted to announce that the Independent Center for Data Privacy Protection in France (CNIL) has promoted Matomo (Piwik) as the “only web analytics tool that provides full compliance with data protection laws”. Read the announcement in french on cnil.fr.
Read the latest related update (Oct 2021):
Matomo exempt from tracking consent in France
Related article (Oct 2014):
French CNIL recommends Matomo: the only analytics tool that does not require Cookie Consent.
To achieve this compliance, the CNIL has studied the source code of Matomo to ensure its full compliance with the new law. They have created a document to help companies and individuals configure their Matomo: How to configure Matomo (PDF file in french)
Their criteria for Web Analytics solutions are listed in french on this page.
About the CNIL
The CNIL is an independent administrative body that operates in accordance with the French data protection legislation. The CNIL has been entrusted with the general duty to inform people of the rights that the data protection legislation allows them.
The role and responsabilities of the CNIL are:
- to protect citizens and their data
- to regulate and control processing of personal data
- to inspect the security of data processing systems and applications, and impose penalties
Learn more (in English) on Cnil.fr
About Matomo
Click here: What is Matomo?
See also: Matomo compliant with German Privacy Laws
See also: Data Privacy Day! Matomo announces “Liberate Your Analytics Data” Day
