Hi @aclassifier
Cross-site tracking is an option for Safari browsers, for Chrome and Firefox you have the option to Do not track.
Jetpack doesn’t have the option to remove it.
Let me know if you have any questions.
My best regards,
Michelle
Thank you @deathlynotes!
But does Jetpack, or any other WordPress SW utilize cross-site tracking?
Then the plugins. What’s the general policy there?
Regards,
Øyvind
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This reply was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by
aclassifier. Reason: Signed it
Hi @aclassifier
You can check our Policies here:
– https://jetpack.com/support/privacy/
Each plugin and theme has its own privacy policy and you can check on their own pages.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks! Since I am no specialist on this, may I ask whether “tracking” implies “cross-site tracking”?
Will adding “sharing buttons” in Jetpack also add “tracking” or “cross-site tracking”?
(I have a feeling that the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin might have added “cross-site tracking” as none such has been stopped by Safari after I deactivated it two days ago.)
Hello @aclassifier,
We have some information about this on the WordPress.com support documentation, which can also be applied to the Jetpack features:
Some features on WordPress.com rely on our ability to track your WordPress.com login across different WordPress.com and Jetpack-connected sites. We need to be able to detect you’re logged into a WordPress.com account when you visit a site so that you can:
– Like posts
– Like comments
– Create or reply to comments
– Follow a site
– Access the WordPress.com admin bar which contains your notifications and links to the Reader and My Sites menu for managing your own sites
Clicking on the banner allows these features to still work correctly.
The Sharing features should then need to have the cross-tracking option enabled.
As for the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin, you need to double-check with the plugin authors about the cross-tracking option.
Hope that answers your question!
Thank you, @erania-pinnera!
I see that there are both valid functional (like you explain) and valid economic (like that plugin, which I have got confirmed) incentives for doing cross-tracking.
Right now Safari tells me that google-analytics.com and googletagmanager.com are active on this wordpress.org page. I don’t know which group they might be in?
Even with cross-tracking being stopped by Safari, I don’t think I have experience of having to log in more often. I wonder why.
Since free lunches are rather seldom for all of us, we all have to earn our living. But then, the more open (“fair”?) that is, the better.
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This reply was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by aclassifier. Reason: a word added
Hey @aclassifier
Basically, every tracking relies on cookies, and they are required to run almost all the sites on the internet.
WordPress itself requires cookies to work, the way Stef explained in her answer.
The only way to block it on your site and turn it untraceable for browsers would deactivate cookies on the site, but this will crash your WordPress site.
If you keep a good Privacy policy on your site related to cookies and maintain it updated, you should not have legal issues (if it is your concern).
Let me know if you have any questions.
My best regards,
Michelle
