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Discussion on: How I Replaced Google Analytics With a Private, Open-Source & Self-Hosted Alternative

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(Hi, I'm extremely new to this whole data being sold for profit, so please forgive if this is a stupid question.)

What is the net negative for Google having your website's analytics data? Who could they possibly sell it to that would be an issue and in what way would this analytical info be harmful to you as a business owner.

I believe this question will help a lot for the other newbies who are seeing this blog post in the Google suggestions (like I did).

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Michael Hoffmann

Sure, I referenced this article in my blog post: comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/g...