Webmasters in Europe are still adjusting to the EU e-privacy regulations, many don’t know they aren’t complying and it seems a lot of companies are blatently ignoring the directive.
We have been working with cookie free tracking / analytics for a few years now, and it suits its purpose well but Google still refuses to pull cookies from its tracking systems.
Tracking is a way for digital marketers to better understand their audiences and to serve the right message to them at the right time. Unfortunately, the industry has done a less-than-stellar job at educating the public on the benefits. Most consumers don’t want their online movements to be tracked, and a set of industry-debilitating prohibitions could be on the way. In Europe, we are already seeing what this might look like. Marketers in the U.S. need to be ready.
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