Blue Shield Data Breach: Why Self-Hosted Analytics Matter
Blue Shield of California recently disclosed a data breach incident that highlights risks in using third-party analytics tools. This case shows how even well-established organizations can face data exposure issues, emphasizing the need for a privacy-first approach in website analytics.
11 Apr 2025 - Read postWebsite Analytics Startup of 2023
UXWizz has been nominated in HackerNoon's annual Startup of the Year awards in Craiova, Romania.
09 Feb 2025 - Read postMicrosoft Clarity's New Cookie Consent Requirements
On December 18th, Microsoft shared an important update about Clarity. By early 2025, websites using Clarity in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland will need to collect explicit user consent before placing cookies. This change is required to comply with local privacy regulations.
22 Dec 2024 - Read postDocs-driven development?
A customer sent me an email asking for a poll feedback functionality for UXWizz (a self-hosted analytics platform). A poll is, for example, a simple question form with a Yes/No answer. The answer should be saved into a database when submitted.
05 Jun 2024 - Read postGoogle Analytics's Sunset: an opportunity to switch to self-hosted analytics
The recent communication from the Google Analytics Team is a clear signal that the era of Universal Analytics is coming to an end. The deadline for Google Analytics 4 has passed, and if you haven't made the switch yet, it's time to take action. As the notification states:
05 Jun 2024 - Read postRebrand: userTrack is now UXWizz!
The name of the self-hosted analytics platform "userTrack" has been changed to "UXWizz".
In this blog post I will explain what lead to this rebranding.
Self-hosted alternatives to replace 3rd party scripts
There are potential major issues with using 3rd party scripts on your site: they affect user privacy, slow down the website loading speed and can enable global scale security exploits.
05 Jun 2024 - Read postAre self-hosted analytics GDPR friendly?
It is widely known that tracking analytics data can, depending on how and what is tracked, be subject of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) provisions. There are two main privacy concern when tracking analytics data:
05 Jun 2024 - Read postPrevent others sending emails using your domain name
Yesterday a user contacted me on Twitter saying that she has received a scam email sent from an email address originating from my domain, uxwizz.com.
05 Jun 2024 - Read postTop 5 Yandex.Metrica Alternatives
Yandex.Metrica is a website analytics platform owned by the Russian company Yandex. It provides free analytics services, including features like traffic stats, event tracking, purchase funnels and even session replays and heatmaps.
05 Jun 2024 - Read postHow to install the WordPress analytics plugin
In this guide you will learn how to install the UXWizz analytics WordPress plugin on your site, how to add the tracker to your pages and how to access the interface.
05 Jun 2024 - Read post
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