Towards open government through open source software for web analytics: The case of Matomo
Web analytics technologies provide opportunities for organisations to obtain information about users visiting their websites in order to understand and optimise web usage. Use of such technologies often leads to issues related to data privacy and potential lock-in to specific suppliers and propriet...
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Danube-University Krems
2021-12-01
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| author | Jonas Gamalielsson Björn Lundell Simon Butler Christoffer Brax Tomas Persson Anders Mattsson Tomas Gustavsson Jonas Feist Erik Lönroth |
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Web analytics technologies provide opportunities for organisations to obtain information about users visiting their websites in order to understand and optimise web usage. Use of such technologies often leads to issues related to data privacy and potential lock-in to specific suppliers and proprietary technologies. Use of open source software (OSS) for web analytics can create conditions for avoiding issues related to data privacy and lock-in, and thereby provides opportunities for a long-term sustainable solution for organisations both in the public and private sectors. The paper characterises use of and engagement with OSS projects for web analytics. Specifically, we contribute a characterisation of use of OSS licensed web analytics technologies in Swedish government authorities, and a characterisation of organisational engagement with the Matomo OSS project for web analytics.
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| spelling | doaj.art-68f8a4cf5baa4e779429714241abd32d2022-12-22T04:29:56ZengDanube-University KremsJeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government2075-95172021-12-0113210.29379/jedem.v13i2.650Towards open government through open source software for web analytics: The case of MatomoJonas Gamalielsson0Björn Lundell1Simon Butler2Christoffer Brax3Tomas Persson4Anders Mattsson5Tomas Gustavsson6Jonas Feist7Erik Lönroth8University of SkövdeUniversity of Skövde, Skövde, SwedenUniversity of Skövde, Skövde, SwedenCombitech AB, Skövde, SwedenDigitalist Sweden AB, Stockholm, SwedenHusqvarna AB, Huskvarna, SwedenPrimeKey Solutions AB, Solna, SwedenRedBridge AB, Stockholm, SwedenScania CV AB, Södertälje, Sweden Web analytics technologies provide opportunities for organisations to obtain information about users visiting their websites in order to understand and optimise web usage. Use of such technologies often leads to issues related to data privacy and potential lock-in to specific suppliers and proprietary technologies. Use of open source software (OSS) for web analytics can create conditions for avoiding issues related to data privacy and lock-in, and thereby provides opportunities for a long-term sustainable solution for organisations both in the public and private sectors. The paper characterises use of and engagement with OSS projects for web analytics. Specifically, we contribute a characterisation of use of OSS licensed web analytics technologies in Swedish government authorities, and a characterisation of organisational engagement with the Matomo OSS project for web analytics. https://www.jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/650Open source softwareweb analyticsgovernment authoritiesMatomo |
| spellingShingle | Jonas Gamalielsson Björn Lundell Simon Butler Christoffer Brax Tomas Persson Anders Mattsson Tomas Gustavsson Jonas Feist Erik Lönroth Towards open government through open source software for web analytics: The case of Matomo JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government Open source software web analytics government authorities Matomo |
| title | Towards open government through open source software for web analytics: The case of Matomo |
| title_full | Towards open government through open source software for web analytics: The case of Matomo |
| title_fullStr | Towards open government through open source software for web analytics: The case of Matomo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards open government through open source software for web analytics: The case of Matomo |
| title_short | Towards open government through open source software for web analytics: The case of Matomo |
| title_sort | towards open government through open source software for web analytics the case of matomo |
| topic | Open source software web analytics government authorities Matomo |
| url | https://www.jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/650 |
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