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config/privacy: Change GoogleAnalytics.RespectDoNotTrack default to true #13307

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config/privacy: Change GoogleAnalytics.RespectDoNotTrack default to true#13307
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jmooring
opened on Jan 24, 2025

By default, with the Google Analytics template, we do not respect the browser's "do not track" setting:

hugo/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/google_analytics.html

Lines 9 to 18 in e08d9af

if ({{ site.Config.Privacy.GoogleAnalytics.RespectDoNotTrack }}) {
var dnt = (navigator.doNotTrack || window.doNotTrack || navigator.msDoNotTrack);
var doNotTrack = (dnt == "1" || dnt == "yes");
}
if (!doNotTrack) {
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
gtag('js', new Date());
gtag('config', '{{ . }}');
}

I can't think of a good reason for overriding a visitor's preferences.

I suggest we deprecate this config setting and always respect the visitor's preference.

cc: @chalin

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